Author Ashish Kaul, who has written the book "Didda: The Warrior Queen of Kashmir", on Friday accused Kangana Ranaut of copyright infringement after the actor announced a film on the warrior queen. Ranaut and producer Kamal Jain on Thursday announced a sequel to her 2019 release, "Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi", titled "Manikarnika Returns: The Legend of Didda".

The sequel will reportedly tell the true story of Didda, who was the Queen of Kashmir and defeated Mehmood Ghaznavi twice. Despite being struck by polio in one leg, she was one of the greatest warriors. Kaul said not much has been written about Didda in the history and he believes Ranaut has based the new film`s story on his book "Didda: Kashmir Ki Yodha Rani". He said he was commissioned by Rupa Publications to write the book about Didda in 2018 and it was published in English language.