Planning To Watch ‘Manikarnika’ This Weekend? Read These 15 Tweets Before Booking Your Tickets

Ever since I was a kid, I loved waking up early and watching the Republic Day parade on TV. It put a visual to what I’d read in school textbooks about India’s history. This 26th January, there’s another facet of independence being showcased in the form of the movie Manikarnika: The Queen Of Jhansi. Kangana Ranaut plays the warrior queen who was a critical part of The Indian Rebellion of 1857 against the British East India Company.

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Vijayi Bhava! Strength, resolve & undying patriotism. #ManikarnikaTheQueenOfJhansi

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Manikarnika’s teaser was well received and raised everyone’s expectations for the film. There were some bumps along the way courtesy Karni Sena but the film has hit the theatres today. So, what’s the verdict? Did Kangana’s directorial debut please the audience? Here’s the summary in 15 tweets. Have a look.

Rani Lakshmibai is a symbol of valour and courage and most people thought the film did complete justice to her heroic story. The war scenes were powerful enough to stir emotions and leave the audience speechless. A few even predicted that Kangana is a sure shot winner for a National Award.

#ManikarnikaReview
The film doesn't attempt to fake feminism but rather provides enough instances as it builds momentum.
Tight screenplay & it shows as d film captures a sensitive side to d male characters & strongly portrays common women of d era, who were part of d rebellion. https://t.co/U7733ij1vN

— Kangana Ranaut Trivia (@kanganafiles) January 24, 2019

#ManikarnikaReview: Power that will bring tears in your eyes. #KanganaRanaut has made a classic. She roars in every frame. Experience true Woman Empowerment in the theatres. War sequences will blow your mind.
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️#Manikarnika #RaniLakshmiBai pic.twitter.com/iNNZ6UrXaw

— GautiNaaz FC (@anwesh_panda) January 25, 2019

#Manikarnika
One Word Review : Masterpiece.
Manikarnika only belongs to Kangana ranaut. Award winning performance by her & direction is just brilliant. Goosebumps guaranteed for sure. BGM, dialogues, Music, Screenplay = Everything is just perfect.
BLOCKBUSTER! 🌟🌟🌟🌟💫4.5/5 pic.twitter.com/Nd0RASw5hf

— SOHAIL KHAN (@ItsSohailKhan) January 24, 2019

https://twitter.com/PrincePrithvi/status/1088386329862262784

OMG what did I just see? #KanganaRanaut you deserve your 4th national award for this. The second half is too good. You own the movie from the word go. Every Indian should watch this movie. I will not be surprised if this movie makes 200 crores in a week’s time #ManikarnikaReview

— SUMAN 🇮🇳🇺🇸 (@sumanseetharam) January 24, 2019

Watched @ManikarnikaFilm here in @voxcinemas AbuDhabi. As a director and main lead Kangana Ranaut did a phenomenal job.Kudos ! My rating in depth analysis . #Manikarnika review

Direction : 4/5
Dialogues : 4/5
Screenplay: 3.5/5
Music : 3.5
Visual appearance : 4/5

Overall :4/5 pic.twitter.com/ktdN3wfbDV

— God of Karma ™ (@smktweetz) January 24, 2019

Speech-less! It will take a while for the extreme rush of emotions to settle down after watching this GEM #Manikarnika
Kangana puts up such a marvellous act that after a point it's difficult to differentiate between Rani Laxmibai & herself.
BOOK YOUR TICKETS! #ManikarnikaReview

— N J (@Nilzrav) January 24, 2019

https://twitter.com/Rohithkumar_/status/1088408707124191232

Rani Laxmibhai is more powerful than Padmaavati + Devasena

Kangana performed the charachter in such a way that even haters will shut their mouth after watching #Manikarnika #ManikarnikaTheQueenOfJhansi#ManikarnikaReview

— Rayeed (@Itz_Rayeed) January 24, 2019

@Rangoli_A and @KanganaFanClub I think this emotion is enough.

we are proud of #KanganaRanaut and #Manikarnika pic.twitter.com/ErlR5P7vHz

— ADP KANGANA RANAUT (@AdpRanaut) January 24, 2019

As with all movies, there were some who weren’t impressed. The main point of contention was the lead actress’ dialogue delivery. A few felt it was melodramatic. The first half was slower than expected which didn’t go down so well with Bollywood buffs.

https://twitter.com/simbacop/status/1088654846943612929

https://twitter.com/towntroubador/status/1088656245882605568

What a pathetic movie #Manikarnika is…How critics like @taran_adarsh @kamaalrkhan can praise this absolute average movie…
Bad direction slow screen-play fake vfx and too bad dialogues…
And this movie cannnot recover it's amount so it will be a Flop#ManikarnikaReview 1.5⭐

— Bollywood trolls (@trollingzart) January 24, 2019

No doubt Kangana Ranaut is excellent but feeling sorry for Manikarnika!

Poor script, too much of Melodrama! #ManikarnikaReview #manikarnikathequeenofjhansi #KanganaRanaut pic.twitter.com/IroYGQOyIV

— 𝑷. 𝑹𝒆𝒌𝒉𝒂 (रेखा) (@rekhatripathi) January 24, 2019

1)The film can’t match the epic scale of BAHUBALI orPADMAAVAT.
2)Inept CGI work,especially in the battle scenes.
3) Manikarnika is unforgivably long.
4)The actor in her undermines the director. Because the actor becomes larger than the narrative#Manikarnika #ManikarnikaReview https://t.co/X3klV9IF93

— LEO (@leox9x) January 25, 2019

All in all, the film did manage to portray the power and grandeur of that era by showing a glimpse of India’s revolt. The battles, the sacrifices and the heroes.

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