Kangana Ranaut’s Emergency Gets Green Light from Censor Board with Cuts; Filmmakers Asked to Provide ‘Factual Information’

Kangana Ranaut has been raising eyebrows ever the reason is, trailer of her film Emergency became released. The movie has been surrounded by kind of a bunch controversies, and it also faced difficulties in obtaining certification from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). However it, in a fresh update, the examining committee has given the green light for a ‘UA’ certification, provided the filmmakers make three cuts and supply factual sources for the contentious historical claims.

Many of the alterations suggested by the committee is a scene depicting Pakistani soldiers attacking Bangladeshi refugees—particularly, where one soldier brutally smashes the face of an toddler and every other scene where three women folk are beheaded. The filmmakers were also instructed to replace an expletive shouted by a crowd member in reaction to a frontrunner’s death. Additionally, the committee requested a metamorphosis to the surname of a family referenced in a single of the crucial lines.

The filmmakers were as well as asked to supply “factual information” for a line spoken by an actor portraying Nixon, which contains disparaging references to Indian women folk. The CBFC also requested factually correct information for the road attributed to Churchill: “…Indians breed like rabbits.”

Additionally, the CBFC has asked for the sources from which the filmmakers have taken research references and statistical data cited in the film, including details about Bangladeshi refugees, court rulings, and permissions for the usage of archival footage from ‘Operation Bluestar.’

Kangana’s film became at first slated to release on September 6, 2024. However it, a few reports claimed that attributable to delays in receiving certification from the CBFC, the film’s release has been postponed. Later, on September 6, Kangana herself officially announced that Emergency wouldn't be released on the scheduled date. Meanwhile, the trailer of the film has created an oversized uproar one of many many Sikh community, who claim that the film portrays a false narrative against them.