Nice depiction of our real war heros. Shows we too have our fare share of women warriers.
400 Reviews
Good movie. One time watch.
sudhirkumarpal810 November 2019
From a View of an Outsider of India
nick_ynnnz18 November 2019
At first, hope this movie does not damage the old legends in any wrong way.
One of Kangana's best. Have seen her other movies and it is good to know that she is a multi-talented actress. Make-up and Costumes did not make the audience tired; also the graphics and stunts are at a good level.
Some have mentioned this movie has created an ordinary Queen as a Queen with superpowers. But when seeing the movie all I could think of her as a super Queen. Even without all that stunts, what she had done is outstanding. Her bravery, her courage, her confidence... of course she is a legendary person. Cannot understand what is so harmful when adding some sugar to praise such a great character.
Hope to see another good work soon.
One of Kangana's best. Have seen her other movies and it is good to know that she is a multi-talented actress. Make-up and Costumes did not make the audience tired; also the graphics and stunts are at a good level.
Some have mentioned this movie has created an ordinary Queen as a Queen with superpowers. But when seeing the movie all I could think of her as a super Queen. Even without all that stunts, what she had done is outstanding. Her bravery, her courage, her confidence... of course she is a legendary person. Cannot understand what is so harmful when adding some sugar to praise such a great character.
Hope to see another good work soon.
A GLORIFYING TALE OF RANI LAXMIBAI WITH AVERAGE VISION
SAMTHEBESTEST26 January 2019
MANIKARNIKA REVIEW :-
Indian History is always something where every Film-maker try to find a story which should be liked by audience. Then how could a story of The Queen Of Jhansi, Rani Laxmibai left out? If not today then tomorrow someone would have surely made a film on it as we all know it is a Potential Story to make a Great Film. Team Manikarnika Glorifies this Great story in thier stucked and average execution.
The first half of the film is nothing less than a Fiasco where you keep waiting for Quality but you never find it. At one point it even feels like this one might turn out to be a huge disappointment. But somehow the second half does the job, it saves Manikarnika from that Debacle tag and pushes it to safe Average mark. And there also most of the credit goes to the Actual Story which happened 170 years ago. Thanks to the sympathy which goes to the Legacy of Rani Laxmibai and her Bravery despite knowing that the film is not justifying her standard upto that level. It was a Script with Potential of turning it into a Best Historic Film of Bollywood but the entire team of Manikarnika Misses this Opportunity.
Kangana Ranaut as Manikarnika doesn't look like the one in the first half, she looks a cute and sweet doll. Then in 2nd half you see real anger and that enthusiasm in Kangana. Supporting cast could have been much better, so does the direction. I could even say that Make-up man does a better job than Director. Writer too doesn't bring anything interesting, neither in script nor in screenplay. Dialogues are much better comparatively, though. Execution is mediocre, it has unnecessary loudness, poor VFX, goofs, loo breaks, couple of songs on wrong occasions etc. Overall, Manikarnika is a Golden Opportunity missed, and reason could be the pressure of handling big story of big name from the history, so big responsibility it was aftreall. But still the questions appears that it had all the needed ingredients like story, budget, production value, canvas, everything then why? This one is still watchable for some Goosebumps moments of Pride, war, patriotism and our Precious History.
RATING - 5/10*
Indian History is always something where every Film-maker try to find a story which should be liked by audience. Then how could a story of The Queen Of Jhansi, Rani Laxmibai left out? If not today then tomorrow someone would have surely made a film on it as we all know it is a Potential Story to make a Great Film. Team Manikarnika Glorifies this Great story in thier stucked and average execution.
The first half of the film is nothing less than a Fiasco where you keep waiting for Quality but you never find it. At one point it even feels like this one might turn out to be a huge disappointment. But somehow the second half does the job, it saves Manikarnika from that Debacle tag and pushes it to safe Average mark. And there also most of the credit goes to the Actual Story which happened 170 years ago. Thanks to the sympathy which goes to the Legacy of Rani Laxmibai and her Bravery despite knowing that the film is not justifying her standard upto that level. It was a Script with Potential of turning it into a Best Historic Film of Bollywood but the entire team of Manikarnika Misses this Opportunity.
Kangana Ranaut as Manikarnika doesn't look like the one in the first half, she looks a cute and sweet doll. Then in 2nd half you see real anger and that enthusiasm in Kangana. Supporting cast could have been much better, so does the direction. I could even say that Make-up man does a better job than Director. Writer too doesn't bring anything interesting, neither in script nor in screenplay. Dialogues are much better comparatively, though. Execution is mediocre, it has unnecessary loudness, poor VFX, goofs, loo breaks, couple of songs on wrong occasions etc. Overall, Manikarnika is a Golden Opportunity missed, and reason could be the pressure of handling big story of big name from the history, so big responsibility it was aftreall. But still the questions appears that it had all the needed ingredients like story, budget, production value, canvas, everything then why? This one is still watchable for some Goosebumps moments of Pride, war, patriotism and our Precious History.
RATING - 5/10*
Kangana is a natural talent
rizwanwaheed-4914225 January 2019
Kangana's brilliance is a slap on all haters. What intensity, what valour Kangana showed in this brilliant film, awestruck. After a long time enjoyed a film in the cinema this much, literally had goosebumps while watching this film. Only Kangana could have done this amazing acting and directing (70%) at the same time, no other actor male or female is on a par with Kangana Ranaut. She proved it once again that she is exceptional and on another level, sheer brilliance, prowess and aptitude. While watching the film, I couldn't see Kangana anywhere, only manikarnika, Jhansi ki Rani. Another national award definitely coming her way for sure.
Good Concept..Bad Impact.
nikhilsharma-0552828 January 2019
Movie has really down the expectations.Bad direction.Such good actors but it seems Kangna is alone doing everything and wanted to be seen in every scene. Movie is slow and boring. To an extent background music is somewhere adding good flavour in the movie.Dialogues has no impact. Such a strong theme but Kangna this time have not done justice with the role.
Better than Sanjay Leela Bhansali
seankenmore26 January 2019
No words to describe Kangana's performance as an actor and Director. Cast performances are good and so is the dialogue delivery. Emotions displayed and captured by the Kangana required no dialogues. Over all fine movie on such an historical brave figure.
A must watch!
A must watch!
Thrilling patriotic film - but with too much gory Violence!
inforaza21 February 2019
Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi will raise your patriotic feelings and expand your chest to 56 inches or even more.
Kangana breathes Fire & Fury in her role as the iconic Rani of Jhansi! That she herself has directed the film (although not necessarily fully) puts her in a different league - with other actresses "looking up at her with awe"! LOL!
Story is not 100% true! Some portions might be fictional!
I'd have preferred a realistic presentation - without too much Glamour and Melodrama. Like in those dumb & glamorous TV serials...in this film too, ladies are wearing Make-ups at all times. Ridiculous!
Special effects are NOT that realistic, esp. the Cannon Balls banging on the walls of the Fort. It clearly looks artificial! Even the long trail of fire on the ground during the War looks artificial and the soldiers are clearly shown stepping on it. LOL!
Cinematography gives us a colourful canvas of visual splendour. The sets are Majestic and 100% Royal!
The acting of the English actors is poor! It looks very "stagey" and the dialogs contrived!
Finally, there is TOO much of Violence and explicit scenes of bodily injuries! Strange that no one is objecting to that! After all, this wonderful movie is for everyone. Therefore, such gory show of bodily harm should have been avoided altogether.
Why the hell is it ok to show explicit violence, but not Nudity and explicit Sex? Even if the latter is shown, the films gets "A". The same standard should be applicable to explicit Violence!
Kangana breathes Fire & Fury in her role as the iconic Rani of Jhansi! That she herself has directed the film (although not necessarily fully) puts her in a different league - with other actresses "looking up at her with awe"! LOL!
Story is not 100% true! Some portions might be fictional!
I'd have preferred a realistic presentation - without too much Glamour and Melodrama. Like in those dumb & glamorous TV serials...in this film too, ladies are wearing Make-ups at all times. Ridiculous!
Special effects are NOT that realistic, esp. the Cannon Balls banging on the walls of the Fort. It clearly looks artificial! Even the long trail of fire on the ground during the War looks artificial and the soldiers are clearly shown stepping on it. LOL!
Cinematography gives us a colourful canvas of visual splendour. The sets are Majestic and 100% Royal!
The acting of the English actors is poor! It looks very "stagey" and the dialogs contrived!
Finally, there is TOO much of Violence and explicit scenes of bodily injuries! Strange that no one is objecting to that! After all, this wonderful movie is for everyone. Therefore, such gory show of bodily harm should have been avoided altogether.
Why the hell is it ok to show explicit violence, but not Nudity and explicit Sex? Even if the latter is shown, the films gets "A". The same standard should be applicable to explicit Violence!
Too much drama overshadows history
bhattmayur-9081923 March 2019
Kangna is Awesome
ravimeena-3334826 January 2019
What a proud moment to watch her in such role...The Great brave woman of this planet she just not the queen of Jhansi...She is the queen of our Nation's heart 💕 Every single person must watch this movie.
Give it 10 star so that everyone watch it support it.
Power packed performance
suprabha-6007730 January 2019
Manikarnika has everything, but lacks the same intensity of direction almost for the first 40 minutes. It is noticeable, had this movie been in the hands of a more experienced director, this could have been improvised here and there. I cannot conclude that the movie hasn't much to offer the audience as well, even in those first 40 minutes. But the direction seems a cracked spell at times during the movie which seems crackled further through poor VFX during few instances. Songs are amazing, which is as a matter of fact drew me to the theater. Shankar Ehsaan Loy are back with a bang, that has complimented Prasoon Joshi's lyrics so rightly. But what is lacking, is timing in the movie. Songs seem a bit too many in the movie which would have sounded even better if their gelling with the flow of the movie was better. Songs should always be rightly placed, and must compliment the movie rather than being an impediment to its flow, is what I believe.
Having said that, there is no doubt that the battle scenes, scenes with weaving battle strategics are commendable. Kangana Ranaut has proved yet again that she can mold into any character that comes to her in making. Supporting crew has done their job great. A one time watch, and lore to sing in bits for a long time, for sure.
Having said that, there is no doubt that the battle scenes, scenes with weaving battle strategics are commendable. Kangana Ranaut has proved yet again that she can mold into any character that comes to her in making. Supporting crew has done their job great. A one time watch, and lore to sing in bits for a long time, for sure.
Not worth your time
sdamit19 March 2019
I don't know why it is rated 7.2 on IMDb. I've loved Kangana for Queen and Tanu weds Manu series. But this movie was horrible. Neither did the movie had that zeal that is required from a war film nor did it had any acting or directing sense. There was no justice to the character. Sorry, but the movie was not upto the mark at all.
Patriotic And National award winning Performance.
dineshr-1654226 January 2019
The movie shows you two things relevant in present day situation.. The role of women in nation building and the feel of patriotism which is a must in todays situation where there are many anti nationalism bringing up.I loved the movie and I think KANGNA is outstanding in her performance.She deserves a national Award for this.
An Above-Average Historical Epic led by a Strong Kangana Performance..
saikatsamanta6 November 2020
The production of this film was a big mess. But still a good effort was made to portray Rani LaxmiBai's epic persona on Big Screen. Kangana leads the movie with a mighty performance, properly embracing the courage & rage of her. The dialogues are mostly well written except the parts where British officers speak. Some of the action scenes were done well, others were awful. Some songs were totally unnecessary, supporting actors didnt have much to do but the actors gave credible performances. Overall an above average movie.
A historical personality caricatured
koxmax30 January 2019
Watched it last night. Unfortunately, I was taught history at school s could see that each scene was full of caricatures - several songs, religious chants, saffron dresses, designer bindis, women empowerment, punishing deshdrohis, proclamations of akhand bharat and of course cow protection. A respected freedom fighter gets depicted very poorly.
Came out with a splitting headache. If you like watching badly made over the top films, go for it. For the rest, dont fall for glowing fake reviews
Came out with a splitting headache. If you like watching badly made over the top films, go for it. For the rest, dont fall for glowing fake reviews
KANGANA SHINES AS MANIKARNIKA.
Amyth4726 January 2019
My Rating : 7/10
I honestly wanted another 30 minutes before the credits rolled as I thoroughly enjoyed the slow-burning narrative and felt immersed in the movie! It also feels like an early 2000's movie and those were all 3 hours plus.
The simple story, on-point performances, beautiful locations, characters, dialogues, costumes needn't be rushed through and like wine required a bit more breathing and perhaps further expansion into an epic saga a la 'Gadar' or 'Lagaan' which are both 3 hours + ; that would have truly cemented the movie to an All-Time Blockbuster status.
My only critic would be that it needed to cater to non-Kangana fans through better management of audience engagement via other storylines, more interesting scenes/songs and developing other characters more.
For Kangana's fans - well, it's an ABSOLUTE treat! She's done justice to her role and really proves that you don't need a strong male lead for a Bollywood movie to be worth watching anymore.
Overall, a superbly crafted film with great dialogues - the team behind and in front of the scenes have all done extremely well - treading the line between commercial versus making a film with your heart and gut is difficult and the movie manages to follow both right til the end.
A VERY FINE BALANCING ACT INDEED.
I honestly wanted another 30 minutes before the credits rolled as I thoroughly enjoyed the slow-burning narrative and felt immersed in the movie! It also feels like an early 2000's movie and those were all 3 hours plus.
The simple story, on-point performances, beautiful locations, characters, dialogues, costumes needn't be rushed through and like wine required a bit more breathing and perhaps further expansion into an epic saga a la 'Gadar' or 'Lagaan' which are both 3 hours + ; that would have truly cemented the movie to an All-Time Blockbuster status.
My only critic would be that it needed to cater to non-Kangana fans through better management of audience engagement via other storylines, more interesting scenes/songs and developing other characters more.
For Kangana's fans - well, it's an ABSOLUTE treat! She's done justice to her role and really proves that you don't need a strong male lead for a Bollywood movie to be worth watching anymore.
Overall, a superbly crafted film with great dialogues - the team behind and in front of the scenes have all done extremely well - treading the line between commercial versus making a film with your heart and gut is difficult and the movie manages to follow both right til the end.
A VERY FINE BALANCING ACT INDEED.
Must watch movie
deepaganesh-2591325 January 2019
Just watched Manikarnika.. This is the first review of mine on a movie.. Felt very good about the movie.. One cannot shoot Lakshmi Bhai's story (or anyone's biopic) in 3 hours.. But the team really worked hard to make that happen.. Kudos to the whole team, especially Kangana !! She is the only one who can do this !!
Guys, every movie has it's own plus and minus.. let's encourage the team's hard work.. go and watch the movie in theatre.. don't judge the movie based on the actors, their personal life and controversies
No one will regret spending when comes out of theatre.. Enjoy guys !!
Guys, every movie has it's own plus and minus.. let's encourage the team's hard work.. go and watch the movie in theatre.. don't judge the movie based on the actors, their personal life and controversies
No one will regret spending when comes out of theatre.. Enjoy guys !!
Great work of FICTION.
sandeepyd25 January 2019
Disastrous + Disappointing
sreekanth-jonn13 February 2019
Warning: Spoilers
This movie was a DISASTER!!
I've watched Krish moves before and loved how he can transfer emotions - Vedam, Gamyam are two solid examples
But with Manikarnika - first half was like a bunch of remotely related stories / scenes patched together to make some sense
I was about to leave after the first half, but my sister wanted to continue watching
Second half only gets worse. When Kangana tries to inspire women to join her army, she Bart delivers two lines of dialogues and scores of women begin chanting "har har mahadev". That's not how it's done! Remember the Chak De locker room speech by SRK?
Same disappointing show when Kangana goes to Gwalior to strip him off his kingdom. She barely says 15-18 words and the king agrees to abandon his kingdom and leave! Seriously!!??
They tried hard to portray Kangana as a valorous princess like Jhansi Laxmi Bai - but that emotion NEVER comes across
All in all - I'm giving it 2 stars because I like Krish and don't see any other reason for this movie to receive any better reviews
I've watched Krish moves before and loved how he can transfer emotions - Vedam, Gamyam are two solid examples
But with Manikarnika - first half was like a bunch of remotely related stories / scenes patched together to make some sense
I was about to leave after the first half, but my sister wanted to continue watching
Second half only gets worse. When Kangana tries to inspire women to join her army, she Bart delivers two lines of dialogues and scores of women begin chanting "har har mahadev". That's not how it's done! Remember the Chak De locker room speech by SRK?
Same disappointing show when Kangana goes to Gwalior to strip him off his kingdom. She barely says 15-18 words and the king agrees to abandon his kingdom and leave! Seriously!!??
They tried hard to portray Kangana as a valorous princess like Jhansi Laxmi Bai - but that emotion NEVER comes across
All in all - I'm giving it 2 stars because I like Krish and don't see any other reason for this movie to receive any better reviews
Must watch
natashaniroula25 January 2019
Disappointing !
melroserebeiro1 February 2019
A very poorly researched movie that focused more on Kangana preening than in bringing out the depth of Rani Laxmibai's character. I was looking forward to this movie from the first time I heard of it. And after watching Kangana in Queen, I thought she would blow my mind away. Unfortunately, her focus was more on preening and pouting in most scenes (except the war scenes which were the only good parts of the movie). Very very disappointing.
Simply Wowwww
vintejas26 January 2019
Well Made film with good performances
Iamhcb25 February 2019
It's always tough to make a come back after few flops, it's always challenging when there's many walk-outs in the middle of filming, which further forces you to helm the project - A period film - do or die situation in all means and to add more miseries; when the entire environment around you is scheming and hostile. It takes Kangana Ranaut to once again rewrite her own trajectory, which once again propels North-bound and this time it's with Manikarnika.
Kangana Ranaut is the heart and soul of Manikarnika and none of her contemporary can ever come close to her, none could have performed like her. She retreated herself and lived as Jhansi Rani Laxmi Bai to retell the legacy and bravery which will forever remain in the hearts of Bharatvarsh's people.
Manikarnika is a well made film with good performances by all, Dialogues, BGM, VFX works goes well with the theme. Kangana excels even in her maiden directorial venture.
Though the first half drags and goes a bit slow with unwanted songs, but it's the second half which complements the cause. The war episodes, the action sequences are well choreographed.
PS: Shut the left-biased media and keep thronging to the movie halls to watch Nationalists films which are literally burning them. Many more in the offing in the coming months.
Kangana Ranaut is the heart and soul of Manikarnika and none of her contemporary can ever come close to her, none could have performed like her. She retreated herself and lived as Jhansi Rani Laxmi Bai to retell the legacy and bravery which will forever remain in the hearts of Bharatvarsh's people.
Manikarnika is a well made film with good performances by all, Dialogues, BGM, VFX works goes well with the theme. Kangana excels even in her maiden directorial venture.
Though the first half drags and goes a bit slow with unwanted songs, but it's the second half which complements the cause. The war episodes, the action sequences are well choreographed.
PS: Shut the left-biased media and keep thronging to the movie halls to watch Nationalists films which are literally burning them. Many more in the offing in the coming months.
VERY BAD! WHAT A SHAME!
vg4029 January 2019
Warning: Spoilers
Saw it with wife in a PVR yesterday evening. The film is a caricature. It is bad in all departments. It is unbelievable that people (and some critics) are going gaga over it. If there was a money back option, I would apply for it. IT GAVE US HEADACHE. NEVER AGAIN TRY TO DIRECT ANYTHING KANGANA and do pay attention to story, coherence, script and historical research. Just chanting bharatmata, burning in om signs, saving calves does't make a good film, it may give you some followers who may speak good about the movie though. Lakshmibai would be ashamed if she saw this! We Indians think history , research and good film making is a joke and everything can be done in a Dabangg style!
Good Movie With Better Climax
srkmani29 January 2019
The movie is good but it could have been better.
Weather it is directed by Kangana or Krish. They should improve themselves.Climax of the movie is better. Kangana is fantastic but the supporting cast is not upto the mark.
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