New Delhi:
Bollywood star Kangana Ranaut on Friday said Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC)’s demand for a ban on ‘Emergency’ and restricted screening of the film in parts of Punjab is complete oppression of ‘art and artistes’.
On Thursday, SGPC chief Harjinder Singh Dhami wrote a letter to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann demanding a ban on the film, which released across the country on Friday.
Many theaters in Ludhiana, Amritsar, Patiala and Bathinda did not screen “Emergency” after SGPC members protested against the film. Police forces have been deployed outside malls and theaters in the state.
“This is complete oppression of art and artist, reports are coming from many cities from Punjab that these people are not allowing the exhibits due to emergency.
BJP MP Ranaut said, “I have utmost respect for all religions and having studied and grown up in Chandigarh, I have closely observed and followed Sikhism. This is a threat to tarnish my image and harm my film #Emergency.” There is pure lies and propaganda to deliver.” From Mandi in Himachal Pradesh, a post on X said.
The 38-year-old actor-director was reacting to a post by Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira, who had supported the call for a ban on “Emergency”, saying that Ranaut was criticizing “farmers and Sikhs without knowing their well-known contributions”. There are critics. Our country”.
He said, “SGPC is our elected representative body and @BhagwantMann should take immediate steps to ban the film which portrays Sikhs in a bad light and defames our state of Punjab and its people.”
The political drama, in which Ranaut plays former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, focuses on the 21 months of Emergency from 1975 to 1977.
‘Emergency’, embroiled in controversies over its censor certificate and allegations of misrepresenting the Sikh community, released across the country on Friday after several delays.
In August last year, the SGPC had sent a legal notice to the makers of the film, alleging that it “misrepresented” the character and history of the Sikhs, and was expected to depict “anti-Sikh” sentiments. Asked to remove objectionable scenes.
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