On the 7th anniversary of her breakthrough movie 'Queen', actor Kangana Ranaut said she never anticipated it would go on to be such a big success. In fact, she only did the movie “for money”. Directed by Vikas Bahl, 2014 release 'Queen' made over £20 million worldwide.
In a series of tweets, Kangana said, “After almost a decade long struggle I was told I am too good an actor to be a Bollywood leading lady, curly hair and vulnerable voice made it worse, I signed Queen thinking this will never release, signed it for money with that money I went to film school in New York.” She added, “In New York I studied screenwriting, directed a small film in California at the age of 24 which gave me a breakthrough in Hollywood, after seeing my work a big agency hired me as a director, I buried all my acting ambitions, did not have the courage to return to India.”
She revealed that she was looking forward to working in the US, and had even bought a house in Los Angeles. However, “Queen released, changed my life and Indian cinema forever marked the birth of a new leading lady and woman centric parallel cinema.”
“Queen is not just a film for me, it was an explosion of everything I ever deserved was kept away from me for 10 long years, everything came all at ones, it was overwhelming, I truly believe what is ours no one can take away hang in their you will get your due.”
Her performance in the movie as a young woman who loses her inhibitions after a failed relationship went on to win her a National Film Award for Best Actress. Kangana has earlier spoken about how her career in Bollywood was almost over before the film.
