Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi Coming to Theaters Soon

Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi Coming to Theaters Soon

The Indian Film Industry has produced several films on the Queen of Jhansi over the years. One of the best-known ones was Sohrab Modi’s masterpiece. The latest in the pipeline is Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi, with Kangana Ranaut in the title role. The film is expected to be released January 25, and the preview trailer is out including a look at some gory scenes of the Queen of Jhansi screaming and fighting the soldiers of the British East India Company on the battlefield. The CGI effects are glaring and there is a somewhat overdone feel to the trailer that, hopefully, won’t be the case with the film itself in its entirety. The period of the Mutiny of 1857 is already dramatic enough in itself to warrant some measure of restraint on the part of film-makers. Subtlety is more effective in getting the message across than battering the audience with high-decibel proclamations of patriotism. Kangana Ranaut is a great actress, but she needs to work on her ‘Har, Har, Mahadev.’