Author Ashish Kaul Sends Legal Notice To Kangana Ranaut SRINAGAR: Actress Kangana Ranaut recently announced that she will be starring in the sequel of her 2019 film Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi, titled Manikarnika Returns: The Legend of Didda. However, as soon as she made the announcement on Twitter, author Ashish Kaul, who wrote the book ‘Didda: Kashmir Ki Yoddha Rani’ in 2017, and the yet to be released English version has claimed that the actress has violated his sole copyright. Now, according to a report in Times of India, the author has sent a legal notice to the actress. The publication said that the writer was upset after Kangana issued a statement saying that the film will not be based on the book.