Says director Sai Kabir, who is gearing up to unleash his Revolver Rani, that has the actress in a different avatar from Queen.His upcoming film is titled Revolver Rani but he can’t stop gushing over another Queen. “I’m overwhelmed by Vikas Bahl’s film. I loved everything about it, especially Kangana's (Ranaut) performance. After watching it I’ve given her a new name, Cheetah,” says Sai Kabir, who is gearing up to unveil another Kangana starrer and this one is shot in the Chambal Valley.The film's title, it’s setting and gun-toting heroine makes you believe it’s about some 21st century Bandit Queen. But the director is quick to dispel the notion and points out that his Revolver Rani is neither a Phoolan Devi nor a female version of Paan Singh Tomar. “Yes, both these films created an awareness about the Chambal Valley but ours is about the Chambal of today.“We did not shoot on a set in Film City but on real locations like Gwalior, Agra, Bhopal and the Bind region of the Chambal,” Kabir points out, adding that this was where he had lived for 15 years and travelled extensively.The director insists that it’s not in the metros but the small towns where you’ll see the real India. “It’s an India which lives in several civilisations, Shiv Mandirs and orthodox rules brushing shoulders with Armani and Louis Vuitton. It’s bizarre and perhaps the reason people here have a split personality,” says Kabir, explaining Kangna’s somewhat quirky wardrobe in the film.So, was Kangana always his first choice for the title role? "No. It was Irrfan Khan! He’s like an older brother and I narrated the script first to him and though he liked it, he pointed out that I must have been drinking too much to think of him for a woman’s role,” Kabir laughs, quickly adding that it was a joke. “I only wanted Irrfan’s feedback, and yes, Kangana was always on my mind since I watched her in Fashion and Tanu Weds Manu. And she agreed to do the role after just one narration at Tigmanshu Dhulia’s office.”And what about casting Vir as her toy boy? That draws another laughter, “Vir actually asked for the role and he’s fantastic. Their relationship on screen is emotional, sensual, mired in corruption and boosted by a lust for power, money and sexual love.” Won’t the section of the audience, who will be lured to the theatres expecting a film oozing with eroticism and offering plenty of skin, be disappointed? Kabir retorts, “The attempt is to make a good film and if we succeed, it will be accepted by all.”The film was wrapped up in around 50 days and though for the most part it was fun shooting in heartland of India, there were the occasional scares too when inebriated locals turned up on the sets, armed with guns, demanding a photograph with Kabir’s Rani.“Once a guy came fully drunk accompanied by an armed bodyguard. Although there were 30 to 35 cops around, they just stood there and looked the other way.Eventually, it was a woman constable, with just a danda in her hand, who came along and shooed them away. She was like a real-life female Chulbul Pandey,” he reminisces. “Fortunately, Kangana stayed put in these volatile situations. Hats off to her guts.”So, did all the guns around trigger off the title? He chuckles, “Not really. I’ve loved watching B-grade films for a lark. And I think a Revolver Rani was made down South a long time ago. The name stuck in my mind. It is quirky and fun, just like my film.”