Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi is a magnum opus dedicated to the life of Rani Lakshmibai. The film had run into several challenges including unavailability of director Krish. The director had moved on to direct a biopic on NTR, who was a superstar and former chief minister of Andra Pradesh.

Left with no choice, Kangana Ranaut decided to step into the director's shoes to finish the patchwork and reshoot certain portions of Manikarnika. However, Krish it seems is trying to beat Kangana and release the first part of the biopic on January 9 and the second part on January 24, 2019.

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Manikarnika, on the other hand, will be releasing on January 25, 2019. So both the films directed by Krish will be clashing. What is really ironic in all this is that the release date announcement for NTR biopic has come just 2 days after Manikarnika's teaser was launched.

While most actors and directors don't like clashing their own films, it is very strange and unprofessional of Krish to have taken this route. Kangana, on the other hand, has shown full professionalism by first working round the clock to finish the film and making sure it releases on time and then by even refusing to take the director's credit.