Originally posted by: Maraka_Musso89
Rangoon : The problem wasn't only Kangana. The movie was supposed to be called Julia just like her character but Shahid and Saif who have big egos put their feet down.
The movie was supposed to be centered on her character but Vishal edited out some of her scenes (to please the heroes or to have a more commercially appealing movie?) and Rangoon ended up a mess.
The atmosphere on the shoot was atrocious too.
Simran: truth of the matter is Hansal Mehta has never done a commercially successful movie. He might have been pleased to have a critically appreciated A-lister actress working with him and hence might have accepted her inputs.
While the movie was being made -apart from the Apurva debacle- nothing seemed wrong. Hansal even stood by the end product of his movie well after its release.
Manikarnika : Kangana doesn't own the rights to the story. He owns the title hence the title change from Jhansi ki Rani to Manikarnika in Kangana's filmography.
Of course it wasn't very ethical to move from one director to another but truth of the matter was that Ketan wanted to make an English movie and had a hard time finding financers. The movie wasn't kicking off quickly enough so it doesn't come as a surprise that Kangana who liked the idea of playing The Queen of Jhansi was swayed when she was offered the same story but with a more commercial appeal.
She had flops being her and like every other actor wants a hit to keep being relevant (jus like SRK keeps messing with the movies offered to him or his getting out of SJS or Aamir meddling in the filmmaking process of his movies).
She didn't steal the movie from Ketan who was then in search of another A lister to take up the role abandoned by Kangana but didn't find any taker. Hell! He's no longer talking about doing the movie again.
As of 2017, he wanted Deepika for the role.
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