As Emergency faces protests in Punjab, Kangana Ranaut calls it 'complete harassment of art and artist'

Amid the ruckus over Kangana Ranuat’s film ‘Emergency’, Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Friday morning said that governments and censor boards must keep an eye on such films as they “hurt” the brotherhood in the country. He said that such films show scripted stories, which are not true. Warring further claimed that such films twist facts as they wouldn’t be successful if there was no ‘masala’.

“Whenever such films are made, the facts are twisted in them because the film won’t succeed if there is no ‘masala’. Similarly, Udta Punjab was also made…I mean to say that it is not right that such films are made only for entertainment. Governments and sensor boards should keep an eye on such movies as they harm the brotherhood in the country because what is shown is not true, it is just a scripted story,” Warrning, who is also a Congress MP, told ANI.

Meanwhile, a Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) member said that their protest was against the film Emergency since it depicts the history of the Sikh religion and the history of 1984 in a “distorted” manner.

Responding to the protests against her film in Punjab, Kangana Ranaut tweeted on Friday, "This is complete harassment of art and the artist, from Punjab, many cities are reporting that these people are not allowing Emergency to be screened. I have the utmost respect for all religions and after studying and growing up in Chandigarh I have closely observed and followed the Sikh religion. This is a complete lie and propaganda to tarnish my image and harm my film #Emergency."

January 17, 2025

The individual associated with the SGPC said that the Punjab government will be responsible in case the law and order is disturbed since they have already written to Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann but there was no response.

“The SGPC taking suo moto has decided to protest against the screening of the film. The cinema owners did not put up the movie today. The Punjab government will be responsible for the disturbance of Law and Order…because we wrote to the CM also, but there was no reply from him…”

The police personnel in heavy numbers have been deployed outside the PVR Suraj Chanda Tara Cinema in Punjab’s Amritsar after SGPC decided to protest against the film being produced by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP.

Earlier, SGPC president Advocate Harjinder Singh Dhami wrote a letter to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, accusing the film of being “politically motivated with an aim to defame Sikh community”.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by DNA staff and is published from ANI)

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