Kangana Ranaut To Play Noti Binodini In Pradeep Sarkar¡¯s Next; Shooting Starts Early 2023

Actor Kangana Ranaut is awaiting the release of her upcoming film Emergency where she plays the role of late Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The film marks Kangana's first solo-directorial film and also stars Anupam Kher, Mahima Chaudhry, Vishak Nair, and Shreyas Talpade. Kangana has now backed another biopic-based film where she plays the iconic Bengali theatre artist Noti Binodini.

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What¡¯s the film all about?

Earlier buzzed to have been featuring Aishwarya Rai or Deepika Padukone in Noti¡¯s character, this mega-budget film is being helmed by Pareenta director Pradeep Sarkar. The film is being written by Prakash Kapadia, who has written Magnum Opus like Tanhaji, Padmavat, Devdas, and Black.

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Expressing how Kangana feels stepping into this project, she said in a statement,

¡°I am a very big fan of Pradeep Sarkaar Ji and very happy for this opportunity. Also, this will be my first collaboration with Prakash Kapadia Ji and I am completely thrilled to be part of this remarkable journey with some of the greatest artists of this country¡±. Kangana¡¯s team informed that she will kick start shooting for the film in early 2023, right after wrapping up Emergency.

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Who is Noti Binodini?

Noti Binodini was one of those ladies who spent her childhood growing up amongst sex workers and further started her career as a courtesan. Born as Binodini Das, she stepped first on stage at the age of 12 in 1984. It was the stage of Calcutta¡¯s National Theatre and she was mentored by Girish Chandra Ghosh. She shocked everyone by taking early retirement from the entertainment world at the age of just 24.

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Having a career of over 12 years, Noti played over eighty characters including Pramila, Sita, Draupadi, Radha, Ayesha, Kaikeyi, Motibibi, and Kapalkundala. It was also said that in 1884, Ramkrishna Paramahamsa had also attended one of her plays. Noti who wrote her own autobiography passed away at the age of 41.

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On the professional front, Kangana has an interesting lineup.

Kangana who was last in Dhaakad that went disaster on box-office is working well with Emergency. The Bollywood boss lady also has military drama Tejas and the mythological film Sita The Incarnation in the pipeline. Kangana is also producing a film under her banner, Manikarnika Films.

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Named Tiku Weds Sheru, the film is being directed by Sai Kabir and stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Avneet Kaur in the lead roles. The film whose release date is awaited will premiere exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.

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