Kangana Ranaut recently responded to a fan who loved her film Emergency and called for an Oscar award for the film. She clarified that she has no interest in “silly” Oscars because America is a “bully” and it’s been exposed in the film. She further took pride in India’s National Awards.   

So here’s exactly how the Oscar buzz started. A fan, who loved Emergency, wrote on X, “#EmergencyOnNetflix should go for the Oscars from India. Kangana, what a film. Reposting the message on her Instagram Stories, she wrote, “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 (sic).”

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Not only that, Kangana shared more tweets praising her performance. She also added that she wondered if the acting was better than some of her most loved movies like Queen and Fashion.

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"People are calling my acting in #emergency amazing and my best ever, could I surpass Queen, TWM2, Fashion, Thalaivi? Watch emergency and find out (sic)."

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, “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.”

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The film is currently trending on Netflix, ever since its release on the digital platform. It is receiving mixed reactions from viewers.

Also helmed and produced by Kangana Ranaut, the film delves into the Emergency period, with the actor portraying former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. It chronicles the 21-month Emergency declared in 1975.

Emergency also features Anupam Kher, Shreyas Talpade, Vishak Nair, Milind Soman, and the late Satish Kaushik in key roles. The film is backed by Zee Studios and Manikarnika Films.

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Earlier, in an interview with News18, the actor-turned-filmmaker has said that she made many 'wrong choices' during the film's production. She explained, “I felt that I made the wrong choices on many levels: firstly, wanting to direct this film. I took it for granted that even though we don’t have a Congress government… I previously talked about the movie Kissa Kursi Ka. Nobody has seen that film to date and back then, they burnt all the prints. Also, nobody made films about Mrs Gandhi”.

“Upon watching Emergency, today’s generation will be surprised to think how she became like that; after all, she became PM three times. I underestimated things and thought that I would be able to get away by making a film on Emergency,” Kangana added.