Kangana Ranaut's 'Dhaakad' now to hit cinemas on May 20

The teaser of Kangana Ranaut starrer Dhaakad features the actress as a badass spy acing her action skills while combating enemies and beating them at their own game The actress dons different avatars as she goes about busting a major racket and kicking up a stormThe sheer scale of the movie is demonstrated with highoctane action sequences which are at par with films made in this genre internationally Moreover the actress has learned a number of martial art forms and combat techniques including handtohand combat to play Agent Agni with panache and elan The actioner led by Ranaut stars Arjun Rampal Divya Dutta and Saswata Chatterjee along with a power packed ensemble castArjun Rampal plays the antagonist and his villainous turn is unlike any other and he has ensured that his look is on point The actor also trained hard for the action sequences for months to make them look authentic Thatrsquos not all the duels between Kangana Ranaut and Arjun Rampal have been specially designed to amp up the adrenaline of the viewers Their clash is something to be savoured on the big screen Rampal is ably supported by Divya Dutta who has a meaty role as the antagonist Dutta will be seen in an avatar which will unveil an untapped side to her acting abilityShot across Budapest Mumbai and Bhopal the filmrsquos makers have left no stone unturned while zeroing in on locations which give it a largerthanlife appeal The slick and highbudget entertainer has been shot by awardwinning Japanese cinematographer Tetsuo Nagata and the action choreography has been designed by an outanout international crew The teaser is testimony to the fact that the film is in the same league as any international spy actioner in the recent pastKangana Ranaut says ldquoAlong with the success of Manikarnika The Queen of Jhansi I also enjoyed the love and admiration that came my way for the way I pulled off the action scenes in that film In our cinema we rarely have heroines performing action scenes in the real sense When Dhaakad came my way I felt happy to see that someone had dared to visualise a woman in a hardcore commercial film as an action heroine Irsquom all for daredevilry and doing something that pushes the envelope Therersquos nothing that does it like a good commercial filmProducer Deepak Mukut adds This is the film that we hope sets new standards in how womenled actioners are designed in Bollywood In every sense of the term we wanted a slick and engaging action thriller and we went all out to just make that with full gusto and all heart The film has a sensitive subject at its core and I laud at how its been rendered on screen Its entertaining and a rollercoaster ride that I relished makingrdquoDirector Razneesh Razy Ghai believes ldquoWhile constructing this character we were clear that Agent Agni had to be one of a kind Wersquove seen no one as fiesty and bold as her It was reassuring to have someone like Kangana Ranaut with us who not just worked on the looks of her character but went all out to get in perfect form for Dhaakad She trained hard She also got into the mindspace of the character wonderfully When we saw her pulling off every single action piece with ease we were all reenergizedrdquoSohel Maklai sums up saying ldquoI feel India is ready to deliver wholesome stories which are mounted on an international scale That was the aspiration for this film and this character at the outset We are so happy that Kangana has taken us to the heights we had envisioned for this projectrdquoDhaakad directed by Razneesh Razy Ghai and produced by Deepak Mukut and Sohel Maklai Presented by Soham Rockstar Entertainment Pvt Ltd in association with Kamal Mukut Sohel Maklai Productions and Asylum films Dhaakad is slated to release on May 20 2022