Kangana Ranaut’s upcoming film ‘Emergency’ becomes a huge controversy even before its release. Kangana’s Emergency is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language biographical political action thriller film directed and co-produced by Kangana Ranaut, based on a screenplay by Ritesh Shah and a story written by Ranaut. Based on the Indian Emergency, it stars Ranaut as the former Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi. The film also features Anupam Kher, Shreyas Talpade, Vishak Nair, Mahima Chaudhry, Milind Soman and Satish Kaushik in pivotal roles.
The movie is slated to release on the 6th of September but now it will be a wonder if it will ever release. The movie is done with the shooting part but stuck with the censor board as the members of CBFC (Central Board of Film Certification) are receiving death threats.
Ranaut recently posted a video giving clarity on the issue they are facing and expressed her disappointment with the system in the country. in the video, she said, “There are rumours that our film ‘Emergency’ has got a censor certificate. It is not true. In fact, our film was cleared earlier but its certification has been stopped because of several threats People of the censor board are also getting a lot of threats. There is pressure on us to not show the assassination of Mrs Gandhi, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and the Punjab riots. I don’t know what we will show then, that there is a blackout in the film? This is unbelievable time for me and I am very sorry for this state of things in this country,”
Organisations like Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee have demanded a ban on the release of the film, claiming it spreads an “anti-Sikh” narrative, and misrepresents Sikhs as “separatists”.
Actor Vishak Nair clarifies his role in the movie as he was also getting threats as the audience mistook his role for Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. The actor reacted on the issue and said, “For the last few days, I have been receiving death threats, lewd messages and mentions from some people who wrongly believe that I have essayed the role of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwal in “Emergency”. I would like to once again reiterate that I have played the role of SANJAY GANDHI in this film. Swipe right to find material supporting the same. I request the people in question to kindly check your facts before spreading hate and misinformation.”