1000 Years After Death, Bollywood Gets Kashmir Queen Into Controversy
SRINAGAR: Kashmir queen died in 1003 and more than a thousand years later, she has landed in a controversy, thanks to Bollywood. A producer with controversial actress, Kanga Ranaut announced they will be making
Manikarnika Returns: The Legend of Didda on the life of the queen who literally established the Lohara rule in Kashmir by transferring power to her brother and not the son.
Ashish Kaul presenting a copy of his book on Kashmir queen to Amitabh Bachan in January 2020. Pic: Author’s FB
A legal notice has been issued to all concerned parties to cease and desist from using any aspect of the nationalist Didda as mentioned in my book Didda The Warrior Queen of Kashmir. #JaiShreeRam#HarHarMahadev#NamastasyeShardaDeviKashmirpurVasinipic.twitter.com/aOWtCns2Fd
Author Ashish Kaul Sends Legal Notice To Kangana Ranaut
SRINAGAR: Actress Kangana Ranaut recently announced that she will be starring in the sequel of her 2019 film Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi, titled Manikarnika Returns: The Legend of Didda. However, as soon as she made the announcement on
Twitter, author Ashish Kaul, who wrote the book ‘Didda: Kashmir Ki Yoddha Rani’ in 2017, and the yet to be released English version has claimed that the actress has violated his sole copyright.
Now, according to a report in
Times of India, the author has sent a legal notice to the actress. The publication said that the writer was upset after Kangana issued a statement saying that the film will not be based on the book.