Emergency: Kangana Ranaut who is known to play strong roles on the screen has once again left her fans shocked. Taking to Instagram on Thursday, she shared the first look teaser of her next film 'Emergency.' The Bollywood actress in the same is seen playing the role of former Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi. In the promo, Kangana is seen dressed up in the attire of Indira Gandhi wearing spectacles and a cotton saree. Next, she gets a call from the former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger asking if American President Richard Nixon can call her 'Ma'am' instead of Sir. She says but later turns to her secretary and asks him to inform the President that everyone in her office addresses her as 'Sir.'
The video which was shared on Instagram was captioned, "Presenting ‘Her’ who was called ‘Sir’ #Emergency shoot begins." Just yesterday, a poster of the film was shared by the actress with a caption reading, "Presenting #EmergencyFirstLook! Portraying one of the most powerful and controversial women in the history of the world…#Emergency shoot begins."
She has written and directed "Emergency", billed as the story of a watershed moment in the political history of India. Ranaut, who directed the 2019 movie “Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi”, said she was fascinated by the power dynamics that came into play at the time. “‘Emergency’ reflects one of the most important periods in Indian political history which changed the way we view power and that’s why I decided to tell this story,” the actor said in a statement.
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The Emergency was imposed by Gandhi for a 21-month period from 1975 to 1977, when the fundamental rights of the people were put under strict curbs. Gandhi lifted the Emergency in 1977 and called for Lok Sabha elections in which the Congress was handed a crushing defeat -- its first-ever since the country's independence in 1947 -- by the combined opposition of the Janata Party.
Ranaut, who essayed the role of the late actor-politician J Jayalalithaa in 2021's "Thalaivi", said it is always challenging to play a renowned personality.
In "Manikarnika", she starred as the freedom fighter Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi. “Playing a public figure on screen is always a challenge because one has to get the look, the characteristics and the persona right. I spent a significant amount of time researching the subject and once I felt I had enough ammunition, I commenced on the film’s shoot,” she added.
For those unversed, Kangana has got Academy award-winning make-up artist David Malinowski to help her transform into the former Prime Minister look in the film.
Sometime back, she shared a trail of pictures of the two of them as they worked together on the upcoming project, where prosthetics will be used to make her look like Indira Gandhi.
Kangana will not only act as the lead in 'Emergency' but this project is also her second directorial venture following 'Manikarnika', produced under her banner Manikarnika films
'Emergency' is based on the life of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Apart from it, Kangana is also coming up with 'Tiku Weds Sheru', which stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Avneet Kaur in the lead roles.
