Kangana Ranaut, who plays the pilot role of Rani Lakshmi Bai in the film, took over the helms and reigns of direction of Manikarnika half way to finish the last schedule of the film.The actress has been racing against time to make sure that Manikarnika releases smoothly. The source mentioned, “Kangana aims to finish it in time. Although she’s quite satisfied with her team’s work, she wants to give it her 100%”.The “Queen” of Bollywood has been shooting in Bhopal since a week to finish her 20 day shooting schedule for Ashwiny Iyer Tiwary’s family drama Panga that’s based on Kabaddi.Kangana has been shuttling and juggling back and forth between Mumbai and Bhopal simultaneously for post production of Manikarnika and shoot of Panga as her presence is required for both the films. Now she has started using technology to save her time.The source said, “Kangana spends one and a half hour on skype everyday after shoot of Panga. She discusses the VFX, the background score, music and sound.