Anurag Basu on Kangana Ranaut’s exit from ‘Imali’: We’re destined to work together

Anurag Basu, who launched Kangana Ranaut with ‘Gangster’, was all set to work with the actress in ‘Imali’. However, due to scheduling difficulties, Kangana had to opt out of the film.

Speaking about the same, Anurag Basu (in an interview with IANS) said, “She didn’t opt. We were supposed to start the film last November. But then (her) ‘Manikarnika’ schedule got changed. Then I got busy with my current film, and then she got busy with ‘Panga’. It started a never-ending dynamo of confusion on dates.”

Adding further, he said that they were destined to work together in future again. He was sure that it’ll happen sooner or later.

In a statement, Kangana said that she is extremely disappointed at the lost opportunity. “Last year, when I announced ‘Panga’ and ‘Imali’ together, Anurag Basu’s film was supposed to go on floors in November 2018. But I had to direct and reshoot ‘Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi’. So, I had to push ‘Imali’. I was also meaning to be a director for a while, so I couldn’t have said no to this. Meanwhile, ‘Panga’ had already started and I couldn’t not do that,” she said.

We certainly loved watching Kangana in Anurag’s films (besides ‘Gangster’, the two have also worked together in ‘Life In A… Metro’) and hope that the two collaborate again.

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