Kangana Ranaut on Emergency release delay: Will fight in court and release uncut version

Kangana Ranaut has expressed disappointment as her directorial feature film Emergency has not been cleared by the Censor Board Of Film Certification. The film was supposed to be released on September 6 but has now been pushed to a later date. Kangana directs and features in the film as former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

In a recent interaction with Shubhankar Mishra in a podcast, Kangana spoke about facing censorship and expressed her disappointment.

She said, “It’s a very hopeless state. I’m quite disappointed in our country and whatever the circumstances are… How much will we keep getting scared? I’ve made this film with a lot of self-respect, which is why the CBFC can’t point out any contention. They’ve stalled my certificate, but I’m determined to release an uncut version of the film. I’ll fight in court and release an uncut version.”

The actress also drew parallels between her film Emergency and the recently released Netflix series IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack. Taking to X, she said, "Censorship is only for those who make films based on historic facts, while violence and nudity can be shown on streamers. She wrote, “Law of the land is that one can show unimaginable amount of violence and nudity on OTT platforms without any consequence or censorship, one can even distort real life events to suit their politically motivated sinister motives, there is all the freedom for communists or leftists across the world for such anti-national expressions but as a nationalist, no OTT platform allows us to make films that revolvearound the integrity and unity of Bharat, it seems censorship is only for some of us who don’t want tukde of this nation and make films on historic facts. It’s hugely demotivating and unjust.”

Kangana has also directed and co-produced Emergency and written the story. The film also features Anupam Kher, and Shreyas Talpade among other actors.