Kangana is making all the right sounds

Kangana Ranaut is one of the fiercest performers in Bollywood today. She has proved herself in movies like Gangster and Fashion but she truly became a force to reckon with the success of Queen. What equally exciting about her, is the strong character she comes across even in real life too. Though sometimes over the line, her brashness in interviews must be applauded. To be so confident in a male dominated industry sets her apart. We have had superstar actresses but none as outspoken as Kangana is, about the industry and its people. Today we see Raveena Tandon supporting Kangana and talking about other issues but in her heydays she walked quite. Commercial cinema actresses like Kareena, Deepika, Katrina and others have hardly spoken about the industry in a genuine way. Every word from their mouth comes sugar coated with appreciation for everyone. Solid performers like Vidya Balan and Tabu have rarely made it to the headlines for their wonderful performances, let alone for speaking on the women empowerment issues. Kangana's conviction comes from the fact that she has achieved everything, critical as well as commercial success, on her own without working with the top-shots of the Bollywood. If SRK can be talked about his self-made superstar journey then why not Kangana!

If you notice, for most of the big stars there was one movie which proved to be a game changer. Zanjeer, DDLJ and Maine Pyar Kiya comes to the mind instantly. For Kangana, Queen proved to be that game changing moment of her Bollywood innings. Queen gave Kangana, not only a solo-film success but a role that made people fall in love with her. In her earlier films, she played very few likable characters but the innocence of Rani in Queen was enough to melt the hearts of everyone. There were many powerful moments in Queen but the scene which stood out was where Rani got drunk and sobbed out her life story. As an actor, she never struck a false note in that scene and the same can be said about the film too. Not only Rani broke through the shackles of a typical Indian girl life but also, Kangana from the mediocrity of female roles in Bollywood. Today we are seeing a lot of women-centric films like Mary kom, Gulaab Gang, Highway, Neerja and many more. Who can forget Vidya Balan in Kahaani and The Dirty Picture, movies that started this trend.

Revolver Rani faltered at the Indian boxoffice but Kangana still shined. As if to prove that Queen was not a fluke, Kangana returned with Tanu weds Manu sequel. Without a conventional Bollywood lead, the film went on to do more than 150 crores at the boxoffice. Kangana in a double role and especially as Datto, was pure magic. From her Haryanvi accent to the body language of an athlete, she stamped her acting prowess over her contemporaries. A National award win in spite of losing at other popular film awards(read fake), confirmed the above statement officially. Very few of our leading ladies have been able to do comedy. Juhi Chawala and Kajol have showed their funny bone from time to time and often stole the show in their films. Kangana as Datto in TWMR manages to do the same. She simply owns the film, period. 

She has interesting projects like Rangoon with Vishal Bharadwaj and Simran with Hansal Mehta. Given the track record of both the directors, expect a quality story from both the films. Kangana is at her peak and we should hope it continues, more than an average Indian actress career allows for in India. Rise of female power in industry will open up a lot of subjects for film-makers and writers. Bollywood needs fresh scripts and this is where from it will emerge. For industry people to have confidence in such subjects, we need Superstar actresses who can guarantee a recovery. My money is on Kangana, the Queen.