Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi

A girl named Manikarnika is born and raised in Bithoor, and after her marriage to Gangadhar Rao, the Maharaja of Jhansi, she becomes known as Laxmibai and leads a resistance against the British in order to protect her kingdom, ultimately sacrificing herself to avoid capture while her son and Jhansi surrender to the British. Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language Drama History motion picture starring Kangana Ranaut, Jisshu Sengupta, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Ankita Lokhande, Sonu Sood, Danny Denzongpa and Waqar Khan. Zee Studios in association with Kairos Kontent Studios. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Zee Studios and Kamal Jain. The movie is directed by Kangana Ranaut and Krish Jagarlamudi. Zee Studios acquired the distribution rights for the film. Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi was released on 24th January 2019 and takes a screen time of 150 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi was made on a budget of ₹99 crore and it was a hit at box office gross of ₹132 crore. The screenplay for the movie was written by V. Vijayendra Prasad. Cinematography was done by Kiran Deohans and Gnana Shekar V. S. and editing by Rameshwar S. Bhagat and Suraj Jagtap. The music was composed by IIFA Award winner Ehsaan Noorani along with Loy Mendonsa, Shankar Mahadevan, Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Sanchit Balhara and Ankit Balhara.