'They can keep their silly Oscar': Kangana Ranaut on Not Getting an Oscar for Emergency

Actress Kangana Ranaut’s Bollywood film ‘Emergency’ was surrounded by many controversies during it’s release. Recently the film made it’s OTT debut on Netflix, and many have praised her for the performance. A fan even took to social media to say that the film should win an Oscar, to which Kangana replied that she does not need an Oscar.

The person wrote in a tweet, “#EmergencyOnNetflix should go for the Oscars from India. Kangana, what a film.” Kangana reposted the tweet and replied to it, “But America wouldn't like to acknowledge its real face, how they bully suppress and arm twist developing nations. It's been exposed in #emergency. They can keep their silly Oscar. We have National Awards.”

Another person appreciated her performance in the film, to which she replied, “People are calling my acting in #emergency amazing and my best ever, could I surpass Queen, TWM2, Fashion, Thalaivi? Watch #emergency and find out.”

Filmmaker Sanjay Gupta also praised the movie, “Today I watched EMERGENCY by @KanganaTeam. Very frankly I wasn't planning to as I had prejudged it. I am so glad that I was wrong. What a fantastic film by Kangana both performance & direction. Top Notch & World Class.”

She replied to his tweet by saying, “Film industry must come out of its hate and prejudices and acknowledge good work, thanks for breaking that barrier Sanjay ji, the barriers of preconceived notions, my message to all filmi intellectuals, never keep any notions about me, mujhe samajhne ki koshish bhi mat karna, main pahunch se bahar hoon.”

‘Emergency’ released on Netflix on Friday and has been trending as number 1 on movies list, followed by Ajay Devgn's Azaad and Naga Chaitanya-Sai Pallavi's Thandel.

‘Emergency’, directed and produced by Kangana Ranautboll, the film explores the Emergency months and features Ranaut in the role of former prime minister Indira Gandhi.  Emergency also stars Anupam Kher, Shreyas Talpade, Vishak Nair, Milind Soman and late actor Satish Kaushik. It is produced by Zee Studios and Manikarnika Films. The Central Bureau of Film Certification (CBFC) gave the movie a U/A certification with few changes after delaying it for several months.