Originally posted by: Ultimate_Shadow
I have seen this film thrice...and believe me each time I saw I was blown away the reason I didn't give my review here or otherwise coz this place's full of negativity. harsh but that's the truth, but I have been following the thread and i was wishing hard for it to get into 100 crores and so on...
and it's CELEBRATIONS time 🥳
after all hue and cry by dir Krish, u would think that there's a lot of tampering done to the project but there isn't..the film runs smoothly. infact even the role of Kashi Bai played by Mishti is effective, I don't have an idea what's the fuss she's making. she looked gorgeous and acted well ditto for Ankita, despite limited screen space she rocked the show..
The veterans are superb as always - kulbushan kharbanda Danny Denzongpa (he's tailor made for such roles) Suresh Oberoi Suparn Verma (Rajmata) Atul Kulkarni are just fabulous. also make a special note for Jisshu Sengupta who has been sidelined by Critics. he's absolute fab as Gangadhar Rao. his chemistry with Kangana is simply superb, watch his last scene where he asks her to become the manikarnika he once saw flying and break the barriers.
music by Shankar Ehsaan Loy is 10/10 not a single track seems boring - its melodious, inspiring, arousing...a complete patriotic album
and finally coming to Kangana, she is beyond superb - Considering Rani Lakshmi Bai is such an Iconic figure of bravery, courage and valor let's not forget her life was nothing short of a tragedy in such a tender age she lost her mother her husband her child and ultimately lost her life for motherland but her bravery made her soul immortal and Kangana brought every bit of it to life..honestly you can just go and go in praising her but then she deserves it.
having said all this, let's also be prepared for the fact that Manikarnika despite all the success n adulation from fans and over the world shall be snubbed at all award functions next year..the only hope is national award. I hope Fan clubs across all social media should keep the praise level for the film for the whole year atleast and not let it down.
My Rating would be 4.5/5 i'm deducting .5 marks because they either edited out or didn't shoot a fight scene or two in which Rani Lakshmi Bai defeats the English on 1st day of her attack, this is what we have read in text books and also its shown in old Jhansi Ki Rani movie as well...but that's ok i think that would have increased the runtime of the film...
I' feel extremely happy and proud to be brought up on the same soil that belongs to Manikarnika ! ⭐️
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