{"id":4078,"date":"2016-05-25T17:38:36","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T12:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=4078"},"modified":"2026-07-17T20:53:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T15:23:55","slug":"manikarnika-film-review-kangana-ranaut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=4078","title":{"rendered":"Manikarnika Review: An Effective Revision of Your School History Book Chapter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span class=\"dropcap\">T<\/span><\/p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he thing about a movie like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or any biopic on the life of a celebrated freedom fighter is, you already have an audience eager and willing to like the film \u2014 even at the cost of overlooking obvious inaccuracies in the screenplay for the sake of dramatic effect and turning the other way when the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/humour\/fitoor-mishra-independence-day-bollywood-patriotism\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">desh bhakti<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> sentiment is unabashedly dialled up. It\u2019s tough to mess up a film when you have so much going for it \u2014 Kiran Deohans and Gnana Shekar VS\u2019 cinematography is hauntingly beautiful; Nick Powell\u2019s action direction is purposeful, precise and thrilling; and Kangana Ranaut\u2019s body language (if not dialogue delivery) is urgent, unyielding, and on point. And yet, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/bollywood\/manikarnika-kangana-ranaut-queens\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manikarnika<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> somehow manages the task\u2026 Somewhat.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I came away from the two-hour-28-minute saga about the young warrior queen and her heroic exploits on the battlefield in 1857 and 1858 against <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/series\/remnants-of-the-raj\/behind-bars-in-the-shadow-of-the-raj-independence-day-series-tihar-jail\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the British<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> only fleetingly impressed \u2014 the overarching sentiment was that of disappointment, and the vague feeling of having just sat through a long, oversimplified, un-nuanced retelling of one of the most important chapters in India\u2019s freedom struggle. If after watching an entire full-length film about a person your knowledge and understanding about said person is exactly the same as what it was after you spent 10 minutes memorising the highlights of her life for a history exam in school, the makers have a problem. There\u2019s no delicate way of saying this \u2014 the person that directors Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pop-culture\/welcome-to-the-bolly-patriots-club-kangana-ranaut\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kangana Ranaut<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manikarnika<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> lets down most spectacularly is Rani Laxmibai, the legendary queen of Jhansi, herself. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s a pity really, given that in the hands of a more exacting scriptwriter <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manikarnika<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> had enough potential to elevate it from the ranks of a good-looking war drama to a biopic for the ages. After all, in a sea of men who martyred themselves for the nation, how many feminist queens has history done justice to?<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The film opens with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/music\/amitabh-bachchan-75-birthday-greatest-hits\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amitabh Bachchan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s gravelly voice giving us some context about the circumstances of the birth of Manikarnika (Laxmibai\u2019s name before she was married). Within minutes, the film moves on to forced, often exaggerated, scenarios to establish Manikarnika\u2019s fearless and free-spirited nature. Within the first few minutes alone, we watch <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pop-culture\/welcome-to-the-bolly-patriots-club-kangana-ranaut\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kangana Ranaut<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> take on a ferocious tiger as villagers look on nervously from behind a wall. Next we are subjected to a long fencing sequence where she mock fights three men, including the brave Tatya Tope \u2014 played with restraint by a tragically under-used Atul Kulkarni \u2014 \u00a0to confirm her superior sword-fighting skills. She gets noticed by a minister from the royal court of Jhansi, who quickly proceeds to arrange a match between Manikarnika and King Gangadhar Newalkar, the Maharaja of Jhansi.<\/span>\n<blockquote class=\"quote--center\">Rani Laxmibai\u2019s valour doesn\u2019t need crutches or hammy plot devices; what it needed was a richness of detail that has eluded the stories of women warriors in history.<\/blockquote>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first half of the film deals with Manikarnika\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pov\/arranged-marriage-indian-brides-grooms-parents-culture\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">marriage<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and renaming as Laxmibai, the birth and death of her son, the adoption of a cousin\u2019s son, and the death of her husband. The second half is dedicated to her ouster from the palace under the Doctrine of Lapse that rejected an adopted son\u2019s claim to the throne, the subsequent siege of Jhansi, and the bloody battles she fought in Jhansi and Gwalior in 1857 and 1858.<\/span>\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45006\" src=\"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1548395035.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"724\" height=\"407\" \/>\n<figcaption>\n<p>The first half of the film deals with Manikarnika\u2019s marriage and renaming as Laxmibai, the birth and death of her son, the adoption of a cousin\u2019s son, and the death of her husband.<\/p>\n<p>Image Credit: Zee Studios<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Historical detail and accuracy get short shrift, as the film dedicates itself almost entirely to self-indulgent chest-thumping about its lead protagonist. Kangana Ranaut\u2019s glaring dialogue-baazi<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and jaw clenching at every critical juncture commands more screen-time than the complicated process of preparing for and waging two violent wars. The filmmakers make time for a strangely sexualised <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/bollywood\/bollywood-item-girls-item-boys\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">item number<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and innumerable scenes to underline the cruelty of the British officers \u2014 practically all of whom speak Hindi in a comically accented manner with the exaggerated enunciation reminiscent of foreigner characters in mediocre <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/pop-culture\/bollywood-2017-nostalgia-90s-comeback\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201990s Bollywood<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Major General Sir Hugh Rose, the British officer tasked with capturing Jhansi and defeating Rani Laxmibai is characterised as a man obsessed with revenge, because a British officer seen as simply doing the job his government gave him doesn\u2019t quite rouse the same emotions of patriotism. Ironically, it was this \u201cevil\u201d Sir Hugh Rose who expressed his admiration for Rani Laxmibai by writing that she was the only \u201cman among mutineers\u201d in his memoirs, a sentiment echoed in Subhadra Kumari Chauhan\u2019s iconic poem about the queen: \u201cKhoob ladi mardaani woh toh Jhansi wali Rani thi\u201d (She fought like a man, the queen of Jhansi). <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The overdone theatrics could have been ignored if the movie had been about a lesser hero. Rani Laxmibai\u2019s valour doesn\u2019t need crutches or hammy plot devices; what it needed was a richness of detail that has eluded the stories of women warriors in history. As someone rooting for the success of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manikarnika<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, I was hungry for the movie to delve into the story behind the story \u2014 the exemplary queen of Jhansi was an inspiration to her people and generations that came after, but she was also just 25 when she became a widow and took over the ruling of the kingdom. Did she make mistakes? Did she have regrets? Did she ever face a crisis of confidence? What was it like, creating and motivating an army of peasant women?<\/span>\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45007\" src=\"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1548394988.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"699\" height=\"407\" \/>\n<figcaption>\n<p>The overdone theatrics could have been ignored if the movie had been about a lesser hero.<\/p>\n<p>Image Credit: Zee Studios<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A little light reading about Rani Laxmibai led me to a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rediff.com\/news\/special\/the-aussie-who-took-on-the-british-for-rani-laxmibai\/20161226.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fascinating anecdote<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by an Australian barrister, John Lang, who represented the queen in British court, petitioning against the proposed annexation of her kingdom. Some historians believe that hiring Lang was a move destined to backfire because the East India Company had already been humiliated by him once in a previous case. If the account is to be believed, that decision alone could have altered the course of history. If nothing else, it deserved space in a movie about the queen. \u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But continuing the longstanding <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arre.co.in\/bollywood\/manikarnika-thackeray-biopics\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tradition of biopics<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that gloss over the greys in the characters of its heroes, Manikarnika stubbornly steers clear of any questions that could have shed light on the interiority of the woman behind the title. It\u2019s tough to come up with a single, agreed-upon truth about a historical figure. But to not even attempt it is a disservice to the person whose story is being brought to life. <\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As someone rooting for the success of Manikarnika, I was hungry for the movie to delve into the story behind the story. Did the exemplary Queen of Jhansi make mistakes? Did she have regrets? 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