Kangana
Ranaut's
Manikarnika
has
crossed
Rs
100
crore
at
the
box
office
but
the
film
faced
stiff
competition
from
Vicky
Kaushal's
Uri.
In
a
recent
interview
to
a
daily,
Kangana
confessed
that
she
never
thought
that
URI
will
perform
exceedingly
well
in
its
third
week
of
release.
She
said,
''None
of
us
expected
the
competition
we
got
from
Uri.
It
was
another
patriotic
film
that
shared
the
same
theme
-
fighting
back
for
the
nation.
It
was
in
its
third
week,
but
it
still
put
up
quite
a
tough
fight."
Talking
about
the
controversy
surrounding
the
movie,
she
said,
"There
was
a
time
when
the
film's
release
looked
difficult.
But
after
we
made
the
movie,
we
knew
we
had
a
product
to
be
proud
of.
Nothing
succeeds
like
success.
These
people
would
have
disowned
the
film
if
it
was
bad.
These
are
the
people
who
had
abandoned
it
(referring
to
director
Krish).''
''But
this
is
a
good
fight,
where
the
cast
and
crew
are
bickering
over
who
owns
the
movie
more.
We
were
able
to
make
a
clean
film,
no
one
has
blamed
me
for
distorting
history.
Personally,
there
is
no
controversy
of
great
magnitude
here.
I
don't
see
any
negativity
attached
to
it
outside
the
industry.
I
am
satisfied
with
the
audience's
response," she
added.
Talking
about
the
success
of
the
film,
Kangana
said,
"It
has
been
made
on
1/3rd
the
budget
of
any
period
film,
or
even
a
regular
commercial
movie,
for
that
matter.
And
we
have
recovered
the
cost.
I
am
glad
it
has
become
a
landmark
film.
We
have
made
considerable
headway
for
women-centric
films.''
On
a
related
note,
Kangana's
sister
Rangoli
Chandel
recently
took
to
Twitter
to
share
the
collection
numbers
of
Manikarnika.
She
wrote,
"Manikarnika
investments
and
returns
Budget-
79cr
Print+Marketing-
22cr
Digital
rights
sold-
40cr
Satellite
rights
sold-
20cr
Distribution
rights-
61cr
India
business
-
100.05cr
still
counting
Worldwide
-
152cr
and
still
counting.
(sic)"