This Article is From Sep 01, 2015

Why Kangana Ranaut Thinks the Queen Tag is Funny

Why Kangana Ranaut Thinks the Queen Tag is Funny

Kangana Ranaut photographed at a radio station in Mumbai.

New Delhi: Her stupendous portrayal of an under-confident girl, Rani, in Queen won her not just a Best Actress National Film Award, but also earned her the epithet of the Bollywood 'Queen'. But Kangana Ranaut finds it "funny".

"This Queen of Bollywood tag is quite funny! Now I'm playing Rani Lakshmibai. So after that film, people will write on my grave 'Rani Lakshmibai died here'," Kangana quipped during a chat with IANS.

The acclaimed actress, who has carved her niche in the Hindi film industry with power-packed women-centric roles in movies like Gangster - A Love Story, Fashion and Tanu Weds Manu, said that her life can be clearly divided into pre-Queen and post-Queen eras.

"If there's a biopic on me, it will be pre-Queen and post-Queen. Pre-Queen was a different world - black and white - and after Queen, my world has become colourful, because I'm getting a lot of offers that I think I deserve and I always thought I deserve, but would have never got," said the actress, who's known for being outspoken.

Now, she says: "I'm as good as it can get".

She is expected to prove her mettle once again in one of her new roles in Rani Lakshmibai, which will be based on the Rani of Jhansi, one of the leaders of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The film will be directed by Ketan Mehta.

Kangana, who will next be seen in Katti Batti, also has films like Hansal Mehta's Simran and Vishal Bhardwaj's Rangoon lined up. (Also Read: Kangana Ranaut's 'Passionate Love Story' With Shahid and Saif)

In Rangoon which is set in the 1940s, the 28-year-old will sport a vintage look.

"We have done a few look tests, but we haven't decided about my hairstyle yet. It will be more of a vintage hairstyle as the film is set in the 1940s. I love vintage stuff. We're still zeroing down on one look" she said.

Kangana is also in talks for another film, which she says has a musical story.

"I have just signed these three films - Rani Lakshmibai, Rangoon and Simran. But now there is another musical, which I might start. It's a musical film about circus and the script sounds very exciting, but I'll announce it once it's finalised," Kangana said.

Meanwhile, the Tanu Weds Manu Returns actress will next be seen on the silver screen in Nikhil Advani's Katti Batti, which also stars Imran Khan. The romantic-thriller will hit screens on September 18.
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