Unable to rid himself of his facial fuzz for Simmba, Sonu Sood apparently dropped from Kangana Ranaut's Manikarnika - The Queen Of Jhansi
Shaheen Parkar (MID-DAY; August 31, 2018)

Thanks to the facial fuzz he sports for Rohit Shetty's Ranveer Singh-starrer Simmba, Sonu Sood finds himself out of Kangana Ranaut's Manikarnika: The Queen Of Jhansi. mid-day has it that Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, who featured in Ranaut's 2015 film Tanu Weds Manu Returns, is being roped to play Sadashivrao Bhau, the commander-in-chief of the Maratha army, a part that Sood had shot for in the periodic drama.

Thanks to the facial fuzz he sports for Rohit Shetty's Ranveer Singh-starrer Simmba, Sonu Sood finds himself out of Kangana Ranaut's Manikarnika: The Queen Of Jhansi. mid-day has it that Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, who featured in Ranaut's 2015 film Tanu Weds Manu Returns, is being roped to play Sadashivrao Bhau, the commander-in-chief of the Maratha army, a part that Sood had shot for in the periodic drama.

Given that the makers are eyeing the Republic Day weekend to release the film, waiting for Sood's date is also delaying the process, the source says. mid-day reached out to Manikarnika producer Kamal Jain, and Sood, both of whom chose to not comment.