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The makers are still looking for a star who will play the lead role of Rani Jindan Kaur. Other details about the projects are kept under wraps for now. When the author was quizzed about having anyone in mind for playing Rani Jindan, she asserted, ”First of all I’m so excited! What’s exciting is that they bought the rights for the book even before the book came out; they managed to get a partial manuscript and loved it so much. I felt so happy about that! That was like a big impetus to even put more into this book.”
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She further added, ”I’m really very open. Now i think there are so many wonderful, new actors, actresses coming up. So I’m very open to whoever the director decides. I’m just hoping that they’ll find someone who can really give life to this wonderful, nuanced, brave, indomitable, passionate woman who is Maharani Jinda who has so much to teach us. And who can inspire us in so many ways, so let’s keep our fingers crossed for that to happen.”