Manikarnika: After Ankita Lokhande, first looks of Jisshu Sengupta, Atul Kulkarni raise buzz for the Kangana Ranaut starrer

 focus will without a doubt be on Kangana Ranaut’s character Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi in ‘Manikarnika: Queen of Jhansi’, but her life journey will be incomplete without her close ones and those who helped in 1857 freedom uprising. first look of Jhalkari Bai, one such important person, played by Ankita Lokhande, was released recently.  

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And w,  first looks of Jisshu Sengupta and Atul Kulkarni have also been unveiled.  Jisshu, a kwn face in Bengal entertainment industry, plays role of Ganghar Rao, Maharaja of Jhansi and husband of Rani Laxmibai. His look standing in front of throne is impressive with turban, sword in his hand and rings, earrings, chains and moustache. 

Atul plays role of Tatya Tope and his look is fierce as a warrior on horse with sword and or members of his army backing him. moustache and sword stand out. Tatya has been one of most popular names of 1857 freedom uprising against British. ‘Tope’ refers to title that he took up as he was commander of army. It is said that he was close to Manikarnika aka Rani Lakshmi of Jhansi since childhood, practising sword-fighting toger, and y fought to capture city of Gwalior.  

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 'Manikarnika', jointly directed by Kangana and Rha Krishna Jagalramudi aka Krish, has been backed by Kamal Jain and Zee Studios and releases on 25 January, 2019.