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Emergency Movie Details

Country	India
Language	Hindi
Genres	Historical, Biographical, Political, Drama
Release date	January 17, 2025
Running time	2hr 26min
Certificate	U/A
Starring	Kangana Ranaut, Anupam Kher, Shreyas Talpade, Mahima Chaudhry
Directed by	Kangana Ranaut
Written by	Screenplay: Ritesh Shah Story by: Kangana Ranaut
Produced by	Kangana Ranaut, Zee Studios, Renu Pitti
Cinematography by	Tetsuo Nagata
Edited by	Rameshwar S. Bhagat
Music by	Songs: G. V. Prakash Kumar, Arko Score: Sanchit Balhara, Ankit Balhara
Casting by	Ravi Ahuja, Shiv Chauhan, Ashish Khare
Production Design by	Wasiq Khan, Rakesh Yadav
Art Direction by	Sharad Lad, Mayur Mulam, Divya Prakash, Sahiba Sonu
Costume Design by	Sheetal Sharma
Production Companies	Manikarnika Films Zee Studios
Distributor	Zee Studios

Emergency Cast & Characters

Kangana Ranaut as Indira Gandhi
Anupam Kher as Jayaprakash Narayan
Shreyas Talpade as Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Avijit Dutt as Jiddu Krishnamurti
Ashok Chhabra as Morarji Desai
Mahima Chaudhry as Pupul Jayakar, Indira Gandhi’s close confidante
Milind Soman as Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw
Vishak Nair as Sanjay Gandhi
Satish Kaushik as Jagjivan Ram
Darshan Pandya as R. K. Dhawan
Sanjay Gurbaxani as Jawaharlal Nehru
Deepansha Dhingra as Maneka Gandhi
Rajesh Khatri as Motilal Nehru
Abhimanyu Vashisht as Rajiv Gandhi
Larry Newyorker as Lieutenant General
Richard Bhakti Klein as Henry Kissinger
Scott Alexander Young as Richard Nixon
Christophe Guybet as Georges Pompidou
Adhir Bhat as Feroze Gandhi
Kateryna Grabovska as Sonia Gandhi
Eva Chibber as Young Priyanka Gandhi
Samraat as Young Rahul Gandhi
Manveer Choudhary as Doordarshan Reporter
Zeba Hussain as Kamala Nehru
Anoop Puri as Yahya Khan
Sunny Singh as Zail Singh
Cyrille Mansuy as Chef Napoleon
Chandan Raj as B. D. Jatti
Aayush Sharma as Satwant Singh
Manish Mishra as Captain Subhash Saxena
Asit Redij as Inder Kumar Gujral
Balkrishna Mishra as M. F. Husain
Rishi Kaushik as Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Parvez Malik as Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Sanjay Makhija as Jagmohan Malhotra
Raju Kumar as MP Of Opposition
kaasvi Kalani as Vijaylakshmi Pandit

Emergency Storyline

The film is based on true events that unfolded in 1975. The chronicles incidents that took place under the leadership of Mrs Indira Gandhi, one of the most Powerful Women in Indian History.

About Emergency Movie

Emergency is a Hindi historical biographical political drama film directed and co-produced by Kangana Ranaut, featuring a screenplay by Ritesh Shah and a story penned by Ranaut. The film serves as Ranaut’s official directorial debut, following her earlier experience as a co-director on Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi (2018).

The film, centered on the Indian Emergency, features Kangana Ranaut as former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. To enhance her portrayal, Ranaut wears a prosthetic nose, adding authenticity to her character. The time period depicted in the film is often referred to by political historians as the “darkest chapter of Indian democracy.”

This marks the second time Kangana Ranaut is portraying a female politician. She previously starred as Jayalalithaa in Thalaivii (2021), earning widespread critical acclaim for her performance.

Principal photography for Emergency began in July 2022 and concluded in January 2023. Emergency marks the final film appearance of veteran actor Satish Kaushik, who passed away from a heart attack in Gurugram on March 9, 2023, at the age of 66.

Vishak Nair, who portrays Sanjay Gandhi in Emergency, shared his experience of working with Kangana Ranaut, stating, “It felt as if Indira Gandhi herself was directing us. My admiration for Kangana grew as I learned more about her filmmaking skills. Directing, producing, and acting in a movie is no easy feat, but she handles it like a true professional.”

Kangana Ranaut revealed that she had to mortgage her house to fund Emergency. In an interview, the National Award-winning actress admitted, “My film was halted. I financed it by mortgaging my house and jewellery.”

Ban in Bangladesh

Emergency has been banned in Bangladesh due to escalating political tensions between India and Bangladesh. Officials have indicated that the decision was more related to the current diplomatic dynamics between the two nations rather than the film’s content.

The film was initially set for release between October and November 2023 but was later rescheduled to 14 June 2024. However, due to the Lok Sabha elections, its release was postponed again to 6 September 2024. On 30 August, Kangana Ranaut alleged that the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) was withholding the film’s certification, possibly due to external pressures. Additionally, the Government of Telangana considered banning the film following objections from members of the Sikh community.

On 17 October, Ranaut announced on social media that the CBFC had finally cleared the film. It was subsequently released on 17 January 2025. Prior to its official release, a special screening was held in Nagpur, India, on 11 January 2025, attended by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and hosted by Kangana Ranaut and Anupam Kher.

The film premiered on Netflix on 13 March 2025.

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	“Singhasan Khali Karo”	Udit Narayan, Nakash Aziz, Nakul Abhyankar	4:25
2.	“Ae Meri Jaan” (Music by Arko)	Hariharan	4:30
3.	“Shankhnaad Kar”	Nakul Abhyankar, Neeti Mohan, Romy	3:53
4.	“Beqarariyaan”	Monali Thakur	3:27
5.	“Sarkar Ko Salaam Hai”	Sreerama Chandra	2:32