Mumbai: She began her career with Zee TV’s ‘Pavitra Rishta’ 9 years ago and became a household name soon after. As Archana, Ankita Lokhande made a million hearts skip a beat with her beauty and innocence. And now she is all set to make her debut in Kangana Ranaut’s first home production – ‘Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi’.


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According to a report in Bollywoodlife.com originally attributed to Mumbai Mirror, Ankita will make her grand debut as Jhalkaribai in the film. Jhalkaribai was a brave warrior and advisor to Rani Lakshmibai.


Talking about her role and the golden opportunity, Anky said, “I’d never heard of her before, not many have, but Jhalkaribai was one of the greatest heroes of our proud history. I’m honoured that I’ll be telling her story to the world, fighting alongside Kangana’s Rani Laxmibai.”


The film will feature Kangana, a three-time National Film Award winning actress in the titular role and has been penned by ‘Baahubali’ script writer KV Vijayendra Prasad.


Ankita has started preparing for her role by getting herself trained in sword-fighting and horse-riding. The pretty lady will be back in action soon (this time on the silverscreen for the first time) after a hiatus of about 3 years and post her much publicised breakup with boyfriend Sushant Singh Rajput.


Here’s wishing her all the very best for her debut film.