<p class="title">Actor Kangana Ranaut has opted out of filmmaker Anurag Basu's next 'Imali' as she wants to focus more on her directorial venture.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The project, which will also feature Rajkummar Rao, would have marked her third collaboration with Basu after her debut 'Gangster' and 'Life in a Metro'.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The actor said 'Imali' was supposed to go on the floors in November 2018 but she had to direct and reshoot 'Manikarnika', so the film was pushed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Anurag and I have spoken about it. I feel extremely bad because 'Imali' was giving me an opportunity to work with my mentor again, but I’m on the verge of announcing my own film in a few weeks from now. That has taken a lot of my time and I have conveyed it to Anurag, who understood my situation," she said in a statement.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The actor said her focus right now is on her next directorial effort.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We will work together at some point. 'Imali' is a beautiful love story and we can do that later. But right now, my focus is on my next directorial venture."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kangana is currently working on three films -- 'Mental Hai Kya', 'Panga' and the recently announced Jayalalithaa biopic.</p>
<p class="title">Actor Kangana Ranaut has opted out of filmmaker Anurag Basu's next 'Imali' as she wants to focus more on her directorial venture.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The project, which will also feature Rajkummar Rao, would have marked her third collaboration with Basu after her debut 'Gangster' and 'Life in a Metro'.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The actor said 'Imali' was supposed to go on the floors in November 2018 but she had to direct and reshoot 'Manikarnika', so the film was pushed.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Anurag and I have spoken about it. I feel extremely bad because 'Imali' was giving me an opportunity to work with my mentor again, but I’m on the verge of announcing my own film in a few weeks from now. That has taken a lot of my time and I have conveyed it to Anurag, who understood my situation," she said in a statement.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The actor said her focus right now is on her next directorial effort.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We will work together at some point. 'Imali' is a beautiful love story and we can do that later. But right now, my focus is on my next directorial venture."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kangana is currently working on three films -- 'Mental Hai Kya', 'Panga' and the recently announced Jayalalithaa biopic.</p>