Actor-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut has launched a salvo with the release of the trailer of her upcoming film ‘Emergency’, based on Indira Gandhi’s declaration of a state of emergency in India in 1975. The trailer was released on August 14 and the film is expected to hit the screen on September 6.
The MP from Mandi, who plays the lead role, has directed the film and is also one of the producers. In a sequence, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale is reportedly shown as promising Indira Gandhi to bring in votes for the Congress in lieu of a separate Sikh state. This depiction has sparked a row at the negative portrayal of the Sikh community.
Not only the highest Sikh institutions — Akal Takht and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) — Sikh leaders, too, have raised objections. Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Raghbir Singh and SGPC chief Harjinder Singh Dhami have demanded a ban on the release of the ‘anti-Sikh’ film.