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Kangana Ranaut’s Twitter (now X) account was banned in May 2021 after she posted ‘controversial’ content regarding the post-election in Bengal. However, her account was reinstated two years after the ban. In an earlier appearance on Kapil Sharma’s show, the actress recalled having ‘200 FIRs’ lodged against her daily because of her posts.

Kangana Ranaut said on Kapil Sharma’s show, “Jab Corona nahi tha tab main accha khaasa busy thi. Jaisehi Corona hua, aisi velli hui main. Lockdown laga toh main Twitter pe aayi aur jaisehi lockdown khula, Twitter ne mujhe ban kar diya. Main 6 mahine bhi survive nahi kar paayi hoon. Mere pe itne cases ho gaye, kam se kam 200 FIR mere pe har din hoti thi. Uske baad unhone mujhe khud hi ban kar diya and maine socha chalo bala tali.”

Meanwhile, Kangana Ranaut will soon be seen in Emergency. The film, which not only stars Kangana in the lead but also has her doubling up as a director, is based on the events of the Emergency that happened in India in the mid-80s. Kangana plays the role of Indira Gandhi in the film.

Speaking with India Today, Kangana Ranaut said that Emergency has a similar approach as Oppenheimer — wherein different perspectives will be shown and audiences will struggle to decide who to root for. “I don’t know why people are so uncomfortable with the truth. As if it does not stand there glaring at us evidently, and so obviously. To me, Ms. Gandhi is what she is and we cannot compartmentalize people as ‘good’ or ‘bad’. If you look from that perspective this film will open many doors for you but at the same time, a close comparison to draw with my film is maybe Oppenheimer,” she said.

The actress explained, “You can’t really decide whether to root for him, whether he is getting manipulated or he is manipulative. But aren’t all of us like that? Life is not so limited. It demands you to be so much and at times to be the person you don’t want to be. That is why I call it a Shakespearean tragedy. It is so much like Macbeth. Macbeth was destined to be the king, and when he becomes the king by killing the king the dagger follows him. His conscience follows him… The idea of Emergency is that the best of us can become a victim of hubris.”

Kangana Ranaut announced Emergency in 2021 but later clarified that even though it is a political drama, it is not Indira Gandhi’s biopic. The actress is not just playing the lead in the film but is also directing it. Besides Kangana, Emergency also stars Anupam Kher, Milind Soman, Mahima Chaudhry and Shreyas Talpade among others. While Shreyas Talpade will be seen playing the role of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Anupam Kher will be seen as Jayaprakash Narayan. Late actor Satish Kaushik will also be seen as Former Deputy Prime Minister of India, Jagjivan Ram. The film will be released on September 6 this year.