President Ram Nath Kovind watched Kangana Ranuat’s film Manikarnika: The Queen Of Jhansi at a special screening held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Friday. The entire team of the film was later felicitated by the President.

President Ram Nath Kovind’s official Twitter account shared some photos from the screening and wrote, “President Kovind watched a special screening of the film Manikarnika, based on the life of Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi, at Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre; felicitated the cast and crew of the film.”

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Kangana donned an ivory silk sari by Madhurya, which was styled by Ami Patel. She paired her saree with Jaipuri jewellery by Sunita Shekhawat. She attended the screening along with the CBFC chairperson Prasoon Joshi, who has also written Manikarnika. 

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Kangana plays the titular role of Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi in the film and has also co-directed it along with Krish. Also present at the screening was senior BJP leader LK Advani.

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The film also stars Atul Kulkarni, Jisshu Sengupta and Danny Denzongpa, and is slated to hit the big screens on January 25.

(Inputs from ANI)