Kangana Ranaut Admits Directing ‘Emergency’ Was a Mistake: ‘Thought I’d Get Away'

Kangana Ranaut Admits Directing ‘Emergency’ Was a Mistake: Kangana Ranaut has now revealed the several controversies surrounding her much-discussed first solo directorial movie, Emergency. In an interview, the actor lists down the various 'wrong choices' that have been made by her while shooting this film, like choosing to direct it herself and going for theatrical release instead of streaming.

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Kangana on delay in Emergency release

In an interview with News18, Kangana stated that she felt 'scared' of the delay, saying there was a time when CBFC would not certify the film for many months. “I felt that it was a wrong decision to release it in theatres. I thought I could have gotten a better deal on OTT. I also wouldn’t have had to go through censorship then and my film wouldn’t have been dissected. I didn’t know what all they (the CBFC) would remove and let us keep,” she said.

The central board, the board which certifies each and every film releasing in India, declaring them fit for public consumption, is comprised under the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.

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Kangana on directing Emergency

The actor turned filmmaker also said that she took many more 'wrong choices' during the film's time of production. She explained, “I felt that I made the wrong choices on many levels: firstly, wanting to direct this film. I took it for granted that even though we don’t have a Congress government… I previously talked about the movie Kissa Kursi Ka. Nobody has seen that film to date and back then, they burnt all the prints. Also, nobody made films about Mrs Gandhi. Upon watching Emergency, today’s generation will be surprised to think how she became like that; after all, she became PM three times. I underestimated things and thought that I would be able to get away by making a film on Emergency.”

About Emergency

Emergency stars Kangana playing as PM Indira Gandhi and tells about the last few years of her term, the Emergency, and Operation Bluestar. Anupam Kher, Shreyas Talpade, Ashok Chhabra, Mahima Chaudhry, Milind Soman, Vishak Nair and Satish Kaushik are also in starring roles. After a long time, the Emergency film is finally going to be released in cinemas on January 17.

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