We don't have to hope to get our dues... We need to get up and get it ourselves...

Mumbai, January 3: we don't have to hope to get our dues. We need to get up and get it ourselves… says one of the best actresses Kangana Ranaut for his upcoming film Manikarnika.

 

Kangana Ranaut’s Manikarnika trailer begins right at the beginning, with a young girl called Manikarnika —Manu to her family — who will soon be the Queen of Jhansi. The nearly 3.5 minute trailer shows the transformation of Manu into Rani Laxmibai. With blood, battle gear, weaponry and finely draped in patriotism, Kangana’s Manikarnika declares: “We both want Jhansi, the difference is you want to rule and I want to serve.”

Manikarnika trailer begins with the forces of British East India company soldiers laying siege around Jhansi. As scores of company soldiers surround, a voice-over informs the viewers that unless a successor is found for the throne, the British would annexe Jhansi the way they have done to other princely states across India. Fearless and feisty, we meet Kangana’s Manikarnika. “Kanyay kaise kalaiyaan ghumate hai, main dikhati hun,” she tells a group of sword fighters.

In time, she is married to Raja Gangadhar Rao of Jhansi and together they have a son, but he dies after four months. So, they adopt Gangadhar’s cousin’s son and name him Damodar Rao. This, of course, was not in accordance to the infamous Doctrine of Lapse. The British attack her fort in Jhansi, she escapes with a small group of her loyal soldiers, only to meet the Company soldiers some time later. At the end, she goes down fighting.