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Kangana Ranaut launched the first poster of her upcoming film _Manikarnika: The Queen Of Jhansi_ on the banks of the Dashashwamedh Ghat in Varanasi. The actor performed a Ganga _aarti _even

as fans went berserk all around. The poster focuses on the battle-lit eyes of a turbaned Kangana, who plays Rani Lakshmibai in the film. Check it out here: The _Rangoon _actor also revealed

that she is gearing up to turn to direction and her first project would be a comedy. According to a report by _Hindustan Times_, she said she would now perhaps only work in her own films.

> I want to move on to the next phase, which means that I will focus > on my career as a filmmaker. And if I act, I will act in my film > so... after _Manikarnika,_ I’m directing my

 film. Kangana Ranaut, Actor In an interview to _Times of India_, she also said, “I am 30 now and I don’t see myself working with another director after this. I will focus on being a

filmmaker.” Kangana also spoke about her empathy with Rani Lakshmibai, on whose life _Manikarnika _is based. > She had a great sense of right and wrong, fair and unfair, just and > 

unjust. That’s a quality I identify with her... You cannot live > without your pride as a woman. _Manikarnika: The Queen Of Jhansi_ has been penned by Prasoon Joshi and veteran writer V

Vijendra Prasad, who has also written _Baahubali_, _Baahubali 2 _and _Bajrangi Bhaijaan_. Directed by Krish,_ _the film will release in April next year. (Source: Hindustan Times, Times of

India) Published: 05 May 2017, 9:39 AM IST