Kangana Ranaut REACTS To Emergency Being Postponed: 'Main Bahut Hee Zyada Disappointed Hu Apne Desh Se'

Kangana Ranaut’s directorial release Emergency has been postponed, reportedly due to rising controversies. Kangana Ranaut and Mandi Lok Sabha MP say the film’s approval was “stopped” because CBFC members got “threats.” A new release date hasn’t been set yet. On Shubhankar Mishra’s podcast, the actor-filmmaker reacted to the stalling of her film’s release after the Central Board of Film Certification revoked its certificate post multiple petitions.

“Meri film pe hi Emergency lag gayi hai. Bahut hi nirashajanak ye sthiti hai. Main toh khair bahut hi zyada disappointed hu apne desh se, aur jo bhi haalaat hain (An Emergency has been imposed on my film too. It’s a very hopeless state. I’m quite disappointed by our country and whatever the circumstances are),” Kangana said.

Kangana said that she’s being unfairly singled out, pointing out that similar events in her film were already covered in movies like Indu Sarkar (2017) and Sam Bahadur (last year). She explained that while her film was initially certified by the CBFC, the certificate was revoked after multiple petitions.

In a video posted on X (formerly Twitter), Kangana had said on Friday, “There are rumours doing the rounds that our film, Emergency, has been granted Censor certificate. This is not true. In fact, our film had been cleared but certification has been stopped because many threats were coming in. Death threats. The Censor Board members are getting threats. We are under pressure not to show the assassination of Indira Gandhi, not to show Bhindranwale, not to show the Punjab riots. I don’t know what will be left to show then… This is unbelievable for me and I am very sorry for the state of things in this country.”

Emergency is a political drama revolving around former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her life. Kangana plays the role of the late politician, and also marks her solo directorial debut. The film also stars Shreyas Talpade as former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Anupam Kher as Jayaprakash Narayan, Mahima Chaudhry as cultural activist and Indira Gandhi’s confidante Pupul Jayakar and Milind Soman as Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw.