Kangana Ranaut opened up recently about her upcoming political-drama Emergency and called it a mistake on her part to release the film in theatres. She feels that the film ‘could have gotten a better deal on OTT’ and it would have also been spared from being censored by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).

The film was earlier scheduled to be released on September 5, but got delayed after protests from the Sikh community over certain portions in it. During an interview with News18, Kangana said that she was scared when the film got delayed. “I felt that it was a wrong decision to release it in theatres. I thought I could have gotten a better deal on OTT. I also wouldn’t have had to go through censorship then and my film wouldn’t have been dissected. I didn’t know what all they (the CBFC) would remove and let us keep.” Interestingly, Kangana is also a MP-elect from Mandi for the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and the CBFC comes under the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, led by minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, belonging to the same party.  

Kangana went further to say that her decision to direct the film was a wrong choice as well. “I took it for granted that even though we don’t have a Congress government… I previously talked about the movie Kissa Kursi Ka. Nobody has seen that film to date and back then, they burnt all the prints. Also, nobody made films about Mrs Gandhi. Upon watching Emergency, today’s generation will be surprised to think how she became like that; after all, she became PM three times. I underestimated things and thought that I would be able to get away by making a film on Emergency.”

The film also stars Anupam Kher, Shreyas Talpade and Milind Soman in pivotal roles. It is set to be released in theatres on January 17.