Earlier today Kangana Ranaut announced her second collaboration with producer Kamal Jain. The actress took to her social media handles to announce their second film Manikarnika Returns: The Legend of Didda. This film will be a standalone sequel to their 2019 release, Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi.
Interestingly, Kangana had shared the director credit for Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi’s with the film’s original director Krish. So is she organizing to return to path with Manikarnika Returns: The Legend of Didda?
Announcing the film, Kangana took to her Twitter manage and wrote, “India has seen several Bravehearts like the queen of Jhansi. Another such untold story of heroism is of a queen from Kashmir, who defeated Mahmud of Ghazni not once but twice in battle. I and Kamal Jain bring you ManikarnikaReturns: The Legend of Didda. “
Our India has been witness to the story of quite a few bravehearts like Rani of Jhansi. Another such untold heroic story is that of a queen of Kashmir, who defeated Mahmud Ghaznavi not when but twice. Are having @KamalJain_TheKJ and me, #ManikarnikaReturns: The Legend of Didda 🙏 pic.twitter.com/sgrqkqilj6
– Kangana Ranaut (@KanganaGroup) January 14, 2021
Whereas, producer Kamal Jain tweeted,
“Our nation has witnessed many stories of brave women who have set great precedents. Honored to tell the story of the brave queen of Kashmir who defeated Mehmood Ghaznavi twice with none other than @KanganaGroup. #ManikarnikaReturns: The Legend of Didda goes on floors in January 2022 (sic). “
While it really is nonetheless not clear who will be directing this sequel but speculations are rife that Kangana will be returning to path with Manikarnika Returns: The Legend of Didda.
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Previously, she had got entangled in an ugly dispute with filmmaker Krish more than director credit for ‘Manikarnika’. While Krish accused Kangana of hijacking his project, the actress claimed she had also reshoot half of the film as Krish had abandoned it. Perhaps in contrast to final time, Kangana will don the director’s hat due to the fact the inception of the sequel.
However nothing at all is official however, so all we can do now is wait and watch.