'I
Had
To
Remain
Quiet
For
The
Sake
Of
The
Film'
"You
mean
what
you
see
on
screen?
I
saw
the
film.
I'd
say
more
than
70
percent
is
mine.
I
remained
quiet
until
the
release.
I
had
to
remain
quiet
for
the
sake
of
the
film
and
for
the
entire
team
which
worked
so
hard
on
the
film.
But
now
if
I
don't
speak
about
what
Kangana
did
to
the
film,
I'd
be
doing
a
disservice
to
all
our
hard
work.
Many
people
advised
me
to
talk
after
the
film
was
taken
away
from
me.
I'd
say
what
I
directed
was
pure
gold.
Kangana
turned
it
into
silver."
Krish
On
Why
He
Left
The
Film
On
The
Verge
Of
Its
Completion
"You
know,
every
time
I
am
asked
this,
my
heart
sinks
to
the
ground.
Let
me
say
this
outright.
I
did
not
leave
the
film
incomplete.
I
left
it
when
it
was
almost
complete.
I
shot
Manikarnika
for
109
days
whereas
I
completed
NTR
biopic
in
half
that
time.
Then
we
did
the
dubbing
post-production,
everything
for
Manikarnika.
Only
then
did
I
move
to
my
other
commitment
(the
NTR
biopic).
For
me,
the
film
was
complete.
Everyone
had
dubbed
except
Kangana.
Once
I
finished,
she
promised
to
do
some
patchwork
completely
under
my
guidance.
She
promised
she'd
shoot
for
4-5
days
extra
and
send
me
all
details
of
the
shooting.
No
such
thing
happened.
And
she
says
she
had
to
re-shoot
many
portions
because
my
cinematographer
Gnana
Shekhar
had
not
done
a
good
job.
What
nonsense
is
she
talking?!
Every
actor,
every
technician
gave
his/her
life
and
breath
to
their
film."
'At
The
End
Of
The
Day,
Manikarnika
Is
My
Baby'
"At
the
end
of
the
day
it
is
my
baby.
I
have
seen
the
film.
And
I
am
relieved
that
the
grandeur
vision
and
scale
that
I
imagined
for
the
film
remains
intact.
The
climax
in
Jaipur
(doubling
up
for
Gwalior)
was
shot
entirely
by
me.
I
charged
half
of
the
fee
that
I
get
for
my
Telugu
films
as
I
wanted
to
be
a
part
of
this
historical
attempt
to
bring
Rani
Laxmibai's
story
to
screen.
This
is
the
highest
number
of
days
I've
shot
for
any
film.
And
I've
directed
complex
costume
dramas
like
Kanche
and
Gautamiputra
Satarkarni.
In
Kanche,
I
had
shot
five
war
scenes.
So
I
know
the
complexities
of
shooting
a
period
film.
We
shot
a
huge
battle
scene
in
Hyderabad.
We
shot
in
Jaipur
and
Jodhpur,
etc.
The
film
was
supposed
to
release
on
August
15,
2018.
I
completed
the
film
in
June;
only
a
small
portion
remained
which
we
agreed
to
shoot
later
and
then
I
had
to
direct
the
NTR
bio-pic
since
the
director
who
was
supposed
to
do
that
project
was
shifted
out.
Then
that
whole
thing
with
Sonu
Sood
happened."
Krrish
Reveals
Details
About
The
Sonu
Sood
Episode
"Kangana
decided
to
re-shoot
Sonu's
entire
portion.
He
had
shot
for
30
days!
So
you
can
imagine
what
she
wanted
to
remove.
I
remember
when
she
saw
the
first
cut
the
first
thing
she
said
even
before
praising
the
film
was,
‘Sonu
Sood
is
too
overpowering
na?'
Because
as
an
antagonist,
Sonu
Sood
was
very
strong.
That's
how
we
had
designed
the
film.
For
the
protagonist
to
appear
powerful,
the
antagonist
has
to
be
strong."
'I
Knew
Sonu
Was
Right'
" I
must
tell
you
how
this
whole
tamasha
of
the
credits
unfolded.
In
the
beginning
it
was
just
my
name
‘Krish'
on
the
poster.
In
fact
I
remember
we
released
a
poster
on
my
birthday
November
10.
Kangana
cut
the
cake
with
me,
we
hugged,
etc.
Anyway....But
on
the
second
poster
and
in
the
trailer
achanak
mera
naam
Radha
Krishan
Jagarlamudi
ho
gaya.
Perhaps
to
confuse
the
audience
about
my
identity.
I
asked
why
my
name
was
being
changed
in
the
poster.
She
said
I
hadn't
supported
her
when
Sonu
Sood
spoke
against
her
so
why
should
she
bother.
Why
should
I
have
supported
her,
when
I
knew
Sonu
was
right
and
he
took
a
stand
and
said
he
won't
shoot
the
film
with
her?"
'Kangana
Did
Her
Own
Thing
With
Sonu's
Role
Just
To
Satisfy
Her
Ego'
"In
Telugu
cinema
they
know
me
as
Krish.
Then
in
the
trailer
her
name
came
as
director
after
mine.
And
then
at
the
time
of
the
film's
release
her
name
came
first
as
director,
then
mine.When
I
rang
her
up
to
confront
her.
She
said,
‘No
No
I've
shot
so
much'.
What
she
did
basically
was
remove
Sonu
Sood's
role,
reduce
it
substantially
and
replace
him
with
another
actor
Mohammad
Zeeshan
Ayyub,
and
then
she
shot
the
new
actor's
close-ups
and
inserted
them
in
scenes
that
I
had
shot.
I
am
telling
you
70
percent
of
what
you
see
on
screen
is
mine.
Please
understand,
this
is
my
fourth
period
film.
And
I
was
given
to
do
Manikarnika
because
of
what
I
had
achieved
in
the
other
three
period
films.
It
was
(the
scriptwriter)
Vijayendra
Prasadji
who
called
me
to
direct
this
film.
He
had
seen
my
work
and
knew
what
I
was
capable
of.
In
fact
I
am
the
one
who
suggested
the
title
Manikarnika.
I
read
close
to
twenty
books
on
Rani
Laxmibai
before
directing
this
film.
I
worked
closely
with
Vijayendraji.
We
began
shooting
at
Annapurna
Studios
in
Hyderabad
after
the
puja.
I
was
the
director.
Then
Kangana
Ranaut
...inki
himmat
toh
dekho
(look
at
her
guts).
When
people
ask
me
why
I
left
the
film.
I
get
very
upset.
I
didn't
leave.
I
shot
95
percent
of
the
film.
She
did
her
own
thing
with
5
percent
of
the
film.
She
did
her
own
thing
with
Sonu
Sood's
role
just
to
satisfy
her
ego."
'I
Feel
Very
Angry
&
Sad'
"I
never
wanted
a
confrontation.
I
am
not
that
kind
of
a
person.
But
when
I
see
what
was
done
to
my
vision
I
feel
very
angry
and
sad.
I
am
talking
now
regardless
of
how
the
film
has
fared
because
that's
how
I
had
planned
to
speak.
I
remember
Sonu
Sood's
character
was
introduced
with
a
kushti
(wrestling).
Kangana
wanted
to
know
why
he
should
do
kushti.
I
wanted
the
action
to
be
raw
and
real.
Even
the
fights
with
the
women
were
designed
as
raw.
This
film
was
not
made
to
glorify
Kangana
Ranaut.
It
was
mean
to
extol
our
great
freedom
fighters.
The
film
is
great
even
now.
But
I
had
made
a
greater
film.
She
didn't
understand
that.
She
didn't
understand
that
she
couldn't
play
God
with
history.
Yeh
yahan
se
nikalo,
who
yahan
dalo....
It
doesn't
work
that
way."
'It
Is
Easy
For
Anyone
To
Come
At
The
Last
Minute
&
Claim
Credit'
"What
authority
did
she
have
to
remove
Sonu
Sood?
Have
you
ever
heard
of
anything
like
this?
She
was
of
course
the
protagonist.
But
I
am
a
reputed
director
directing
a
genre
that
I
know.
What
gave
her
the
right
to
tamper
with
what
I
did?
And
the
team's
hard
work,
the
sleepless
nights,
the
toil...More
than
anything
else,
when
you
are
working
on
an
epic
film,
it
is
easy
for
anyone
to
come
at
the
last
minute
and
claim
credit.
Sonu
Sood
also
directed
5
shots.
He
can
also
claim
to
be
co-director.
The
few
scenes
that
needed
to
be
shot
after
I
left
were
to
be
done
by
my
assistant
director.
Suddenly
I
discovered
she
is
co-director.
What
happened?"
It
was
pre-decided,
an
elaborate
plan
to
undermine
my
directorial
status.
On
August
15,
2018
I
am
director.
October
1,
2018
I
am
director.
Then
suddenly
she's
also
the
director.
I
argued
with
the
producer
Kamal
Jain.
But
he
stood
by
her.
I
don't
want
to
say
anything
about
him
as
he's
in
the
hospital.
What
was
the
necessity
of
taking
out
Sonu
Sood
and
doing
her
own
thing?"
'Would
Sonu
Sood
Or
Atul
Kulkarnika
Have
Signed
The
Film
If
Kangana
Was
The
Director?'
"I
had
to
set
the
record
straight.
I
needed
a
proper
closure
for
my
film.
Manikarnika
is
my
baby.
Would
Sonu
Sood
or
Atul
Kulkarni
have
signed
the
film
if
Kangana
Ranaut
was
the
director?
They
put
their
heart
and
soul
in
it.
It
is
my
team's
hard
work
being
undermined.
It's
not
about
shooting.
It's
about
executing.
Many
people
from
Mumbai
have
called
to
congratulate
me.
What
I
made
was
to
perpetuate
the
phenomenon
of
Jhansi
Ki
Rani.
Not
Kangana
Ranaut."