‘Manikarnika’ Mid-Ticket Review: Kangana Ranaut does full justice to Rani Laxmibai’s pride and bravery

The first half of ‘Manikarnika’ does full justice to Rani Laxmibai’s pride and bravery. In one landmark scene, she refuses to cut her hair which is a custom all widowed women have to follow. In Kangana, you see the fire and she manages to bring alive Manikarnika with elan.

Except for her exceptional performance, the dialogues and the cinematography of the movie hit the right notes too. Even the action sequences (we will see much more in the second half) are top notch, and you can see that Kangana has learned sword fighting with a lot of dedication. If there is one complaint that I have about the movie is that the Britishers are reduced to typical villains who speak accented Hindi and torture Indians without any thought. Perhaps, if the makers had given them a more human touch, this film would have been even better. Anyway, we are looking forward to the second half with bated breath.

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