Kangana Ranaut Says Tanu Weds Manu Made Her The ‘Only Actress After Legendary Sridevi Ji To Do Comedy’

Actress Kangana Ranaut celebrated her film Tanu Weds Manu with gratitude as it completed a decade since its release. Seen as the firey Tanu in this heartland love story, Kangana’s character came to be much loved leading up to a sequel to the movie which earned the actress her third National Award.

Kangana penned a note on the Anand L. Rai film completing a decade and wrote about how the movie changed her career trajectory. She wrote in a tweet, “I was stuck in edgy/neurotic roles, this film changed the trajectory of my career, was my entry in to mainstream that too with comedy, with Queen and Datto I strengthened my comic timing and became the only actress after legendary SriDevi ji to do comedy.”

Continuing her thoughts in a follow up tweet she said, “Thanks to @aanandlrai and our writer Himanshu Sharma for this franchise, when they came to me as struggling makers I thought I can make their careers but instead they made my career, one can never tell which film will work and which won’t,all destiny, glad my destiny has you.”

Anand L. Rai also celebrated the decade of the film that made him one of the most sought-after filmmakers in Bollywood and in a post on social media and wrote, “Someone said so beautifully...”Nothing of me is original, I am the combined effort of everyone I have ever known”?Thank you for giving me my identity Thank you for making me “Woh Tanu weds Manu wala Aanand Rai”?Thankyou.” He went on to tag the entire cast and crew of the film.

Tanu Weds Manu released in theatres on 25 February 2011. It also starred R Madhavan, Sawara Bhasker, Jimmy Shergill, Deepak Dobriyal, Eijaz Khan among others.