Kangna Vs Sonu - continued - Page 2

Originally posted by: bips

How is Kangana still getting work... She has basically burned all her repations in the industry. ... Every movie of hers is more abt controversy than content.. is she planning to becoming a one woman industry ? .

Btw, given sonu's statement, I'll say he too is unprofessional . .. walking out of a film when its near completion is not cool ... Is every director that he worked with 'competent' ? ..

Mostly rehash of other stories - https://www.masala.com/what-went-wrong-between-kangana-ranaut-and-her-manikarnika-director-krish-268671.html

Posted for bold which I haven't seen before.

The historical epic Manikarnika : The Queen Of Jhansi is in serious trouble. Apparently Kangana Ranaut's takeover of the project as director is not a temporary patchwork arrangement brought on because the film's official director Krissh got busy with another project. "He was eased out. Krish was expelled. She (Kangana Ranaut) gradually took over the project and the producers complied. She first muscled into the writing, then the direction. It came to a point where Kangana was telling the actors what to do. Krish is no walkover. He has directed many blockbusters in Telugu cinema and done historical epics like Gautamiputra Satakarni and Kanche. He was chosen to direct Manikarnika for his vast experience. How was he to know that he would be pushed out of the project? says a source very close to the film.'

Another prominent filmmaker in Bollywood says he isn't surprised by this nasty turn of events. "This is exactly what Kangana had done with Hansal Mehta and Vishal Bhardwaj. During the shooting of Rangoon she tried to muscle her way into the writer and director's chair. Vishal discontinued the shooting and gave Kangana an ultimatum to either stop interfering with his work or allow him to shut down the film. That's when she decided to back off. Hansal complied with all her demands and lived to see his film become a mess.

Coming back to the crisis on hand, a prominent actor from Manikarnika sighs and says, "The irony is Krish has shot an amazing film. What he has captured on camera is epic. Kangana has no business stepping in to add her two-bit.

Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi has been riddled with controversies lately. Whether it be the constant delays or the mystery of who is directing the film. The latest controversy surrounding Kangana's film is Sonu Sood's untimely exit from the biopic. While sources close to Kangana suggest that Sood misused his friendship with director Krish, Sonu hit back at Ranaut questioning her competency as a director. As things get uglier by the day, Simran writer Apurva Asrani too joined the bandwagon and laid in his two cents on the controversy as he too battled in a war of words with the actress last year over writing credits of Simran.

Apurva tweeted, "A star hijacking a film & running down the hard work of crew member/s is the worst form of hara-kiri there is. When affected filmmakers cannot control this & instead put on a facade of a dignified silence', they allow a monstrous ego to go on a rampage & eventually kill the film." When Pinkvilla contacted a source close to Kangana about the whole controversy, they stated, "There is no logic to this whole mess. Will the studio blindly give Kangana the film and crores of money every day to shoot? All of a sudden she can arm-twist the producers to give in crores of money? It is their hard earned money too."

A star hijacking a film & running down the hard work of crew member/s is the worst form of hara-kiri there is. When affected filmmakers cannot control this & instead put on a facade of a dignified silence', they allow a monstrous ego to go on a rampage & eventually kill the film

Apurva Asrani (@Apurvasrani) September 1, 2018

Manikarnika producer: Kangana Ranaut is the best person to take over the mantle from Krish

Manikarnika's producer Kamal Jain stated that according to them, Kangana Ranaut is the best person to take over the mantle of director from Krish. He also shared that Sonu Sood's dates clashed with the rescheduled dates and that his Simmba look broke continuity.

Originally posted by: Nova19

Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi has been riddled with controversies lately. Whether it be the constant delays or the mystery of who is directing the film. The latest controversy surrounding Kangana's film is Sonu Sood's untimely exit from the biopic. While sources close to Kangana suggest that Sood misused his friendship with director Krish, Sonu hit back at Ranaut questioning her competency as a director. As things get uglier by the day, Simran writer Apurva Asrani too joined the bandwagon and laid in his two cents on the controversy as he too battled in a war of words with the actress last year over writing credits of Simran.

Apurva tweeted, "A star hijacking a film & running down the hard work of crew member/s is the worst form of hara-kiri there is. When affected filmmakers cannot control this & instead put on a facade of a dignified silence', they allow a monstrous ego to go on a rampage & eventually kill the film." When Pinkvilla contacted a source close to Kangana about the whole controversy, they stated, "There is no logic to this whole mess. Will the studio blindly give Kangana the film and crores of money every day to shoot? All of a sudden she can arm-twist the producers to give in crores of money? It is their hard earned money too."

A star hijacking a film & running down the hard work of crew member/s is the worst form of hara-kiri there is. When affected filmmakers cannot control this & instead put on a facade of a dignified silence', they allow a monstrous ego to go on a rampage & eventually kill the film

Apurva Asrani (@Apurvasrani) September 1, 2018

The source also added, "How can a director just move on when he is bound by a contract? Has anyone asked this logical question? Basically, when the producers saw the rough cut they were upset with Krish and were not happy. Hence Kangana was asked to take over. From a logical point of view if a director is under contract and is being paid by the producers then he has to reshoot if there are any changes too. But, they chose to let him go and not insist on him taking the reigns again cause they weren't happy. They then asked Kangana to step in. Only 20-30% of what Krish shot is being retained and the other portions are being reshot. The initial budget was around Rs 60 crores but the producers are ready to give in Rs 20 crores more for the reshoot as they trust Kangana. The unit is shooting in ND studios and will wrap up only by mid-October. How can Kangana blackmail the producers to give money every day for the production cost? This doesn't make any sense."

Talking about how Kangana is seeing to it that Manikarnika does not get shelved, the source concluded, "Kangana has also pushed Ashwini Iyer Tiwari's film that was supposed to start from September because the studio has given her the responsibility to direct and complete the film. Kangana had an option to either direct or let the film be shelved. She agreed and decided to lead the unit. Producers had full liberty to get a new director on board but they didn't. The action director, Nick Powell is called back to reshoot certain portions too."

We just hope this controversy dies down and Kangana Ranaut's fans get to see her play the fierce Rani Laxmibai.

https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/exclusives/exclusive-were-manikarnika-producers-adamant-kangana-ranaut-directing-rest-period-film-424768#comments

Originally posted by: -Goldendew-

Movie was completed. Sonu shot for his portions. Problem arised when Kangana apparently started having issues and wanted to reshoot the movie. First krish walked out and later Sonu coz he already allotted chunk of his dates to Simmba. Even then he offered the team that he would join Manikarnika shoot post Simmba schedule since he had to be clean shaven for Manikarnika and was right now in Simmba's look and it wasn't possible for him to shoot both simultaneously. Kangana then found a replacement in zeeshan ayub n informed the producers who accepted the decision. Now tell me who was being unfair n unprofessional?