Kangana Ranaut's Rani Lakshmi Bai biopic will not be helmed by Ketan Mehta

For the last two years, Kangana Ranaut has been prepping for Ketan Mehta's Rani Lakshmi Bai biopic. On her 30th birthday on Thursday, 24 March 2017, she will slip into the warrior queen's avatar and face the camera, but for another filmmaker.[caption id="attachment_3289452" align="alignleft" width="380"] Kangana Ranaut. File photo[/caption]Kangana will shoot for the first poster of Manikarnika, a film on Jhansi Ki Rani, to be helmed by noted Telugu director Krish (who has also helmed Gabbar Is Back). The story has been written by KV Vijayendra Prasad of Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Baahubali fame.According to a report in Mid-Day, Kangana and Ketan Mehta have fallen out.The report stated that Mehta wanted to shoot his film in English as he wanted the biopic to have a global appeal. But Kangana, who also worked on the script, had a different opinion. A source was quoted as telling the daily, "Ketan was insistent that his movie be made in English for an international audience, like Gurinder Chadha's The Viceroy House, but those working on the film felt it won't go with the ethos of the story. The actress and the filmmaker couldn't find common ground on the language factor, leaving the project in a limbo."Kangana will next be seen in Hansal Mehta's Simran. The film is scheduled to release on 15 September.