Kangna's 'Knockout' is copied from Hollywood film
Kangna Ranaut
We have already posted that the versatile and talented actress Kangna Ranaut is to play the role of a bold journalist same like the real journalist Barkha Dutt. Well the film has got the title Knockout. It is being produced by Sohail Maklai and directed by Mani Shankar. However the buzz is that it is based on Hollywood film Phone Booth. The other cast of the Hindi version of the film includes the veteran Irrfan Khan and Sanjay Dutt.
According to sources, Irrfan will play the role played by Colin Farrell, a man trapped in telephone booth; Sanjay will play the cop played by Forest Whitaker and Kangna to play a journalist played by Kim Posnett in the Hollywood film. Kangs will be sporting a short hairstyle instead of her trademark long curly hairs.
Shooting for the film has already begun. Phone Booth depicted story of a man trapped in telephone booth by a sniper.
When asked to the producer about the film, he replied "It seems that others know more about my film than I know, but it's not true."
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