Filmmaker-producer Karan Johar said in a recent interview that he is excited to watch the upcoming political-thriller film Emergency. At the Express Adda session for The Indian Express, the Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani director was asked if he would ever like to make a film about a political event. To which Karan answered, "Emergency is being made and I am excited to watch it.”

The film stars Kangana Ranaut as former prime minister Indira Gandhi. Karan and Kangana have had a feud since the latter appeared on his talk show Koffee With Karan in 2016 and called the director a “flagbearer of nepotism.”

Now, Kangana has responded to Karan’s comments on Emergency. A social media user reacted to Karan’s statement on Kangana's film and wrote on X (formerly Twitter) "Really? Change of heart.” Kangana responded to his tweet, writing, "Ha ha last time when he said he was excited to see Manikarnika, the worst smear campaign of my life was unleashed upon me on its releasing weekend…"

She further wrote, "Almost all main actors working in the film were paid to sling mud on me and sabotage the film and suddenly the most successful weekend of my life was turned into a living nightmare for me… Ha ha, I am scared now, very scared… because he is excited again…"

Back in 2019, when Kangana’s Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi had released a feud had occurred between her and the film’s former director Krish. Kangana then claimed that she had shot 70 per cent of the film and had also taken co-directing credits on it. In an interview, responding to the actor’s claims, Krish had said, “Kangana has done 20-25 per cent of the first half and 10-15 per cent in the second half. I didn’t shoot a song and I didn’t shoot her entry scene. In the second half, she even re-shot some scenes, which I had done in a different way... Kangana even told me that Zee Studios hadn’t liked what I had made. She said it looked like a Bhojpuri film. I laughed. People know my previous work. We argued but she wanted her own way. I just couldn’t understand." He had added that Kangana was rude to him over the phone and she 'is rude all the time'.