‘I feel extremely bad’: Kangana Ranaut opts out of mentor Anurag Basu’s ‘Imali’ for this reason

Anurag Basu’s contribution to Kangana Ranaut’s career is well-known. filmmaker gave a young Kangana her big break with ‘Gangster' in 2006. duo n worked on critically acclaimed ‘Life In a... Metro’ and ‘Kites’ and were gearing up to collaborate for fourth time on ‘Imali’. However,  reunion after nine years will take longer since actress has opted out of movie. ‘Fashion’ star has cited her focus on her full-fledged directorial debut as reason for  same but hopes to work with her mentor again. 

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Kangana was to work with Rajkummar Rao in 'Imali', reportedly a love story, after ‘Queen’ and upcoming ‘Mental Hai Kya’.

movie was to go on floors in November last year, but got delayed when actress h to step in to direct ‘Manikarnika: Queen of Jhansi’. 

"Anurag and I have spoken about it. I feel extremely b because 'Imali' was giving me an opportunity to work with my mentor again, but I'm on verge of announcing my own film in a few weeks from now. That has taken a lot of my time and I have conveyed it to Anurag, who understood my situation," Kangana said in a statement. 

"We will work toger at some point. 'Imali' is a beautiful love story and we can do that later. But right now, my focus is on my next directorial venture."  

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Anurag is currently helming a multi-starrer on lines ‘Metro’ starring Rajkummar, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, itya Roy Kapur, and also reportedly Abhishek Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu, among ors. Kangana is shooting for ‘Mental Hai Kya’ and is prepping for movies like Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari’s ‘Panga’ and J Jayalalitha biopic ‘Thalaivi.’