Movie Details:
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Genre | Biography, Political, Historical, Drama |
Release Date | 2024 (expected) |
Running Time | 2hr 6min |
Certificate | TBA |
Cast | Kangana Ranaut Anupam Kher Shreyas Talpade |
Directed by | Kangana Ranaut |
Written by | Screenplay: Ritesh Shah Story: Kangana Ranaut |
Produced by | Kangana Ranaut |
Cinematography by | Tetsuo Nagata |
Edited by | Rameshwar S. Bhagat |
Music by | G. V. Prakash Kumar |
Production Companies | Manikarnika Films EaseMyTrip |
Distributor | Zee Studios |
Cast & Characters:
- Kangana Ranaut as Indira Gandhi, third prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.
- Anupam Kher as Jayaprakash Narayan
- Shreyas Talpade as Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- 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
- 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
- Mannveer Choudharry as Doordarshan Reporter
- Zeba Hussain as Kamala Nehru
- Cyrille Mansuy as Chef Napoleon
- Chandan Raj as B. D. Jatti
- Raju Kumar as MP Of Opposition
Storyline:
Emergency is based on true events that unfolded in 1975. The film 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 an upcoming Hindi biographical political historical drama film directed and co-produced by Kangana Ranaut. The film is based on an emergency period in India between 1975-1977 announced by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
The film stars Kangana Ranaut as the former Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi. It also features Anupam Kher, Shreyas Talpade, Mahima Chaudhry, Milind Soman, and Satish Kaushik in pivotal roles.
Kangana Ranaut, who plays the role of former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was herself elected as a member of the Indian parliament from the Bharatiya Janata Party, representing Mandi in her native state of Himachal Pradesh, in the 2024 Indian General Elections.
Emergency marks the posthumous film of Satish Kaushik, following his passing on March 8, 2023.
The film was announced by Kangana Ranaut on July 14, 2022, with a teaser. Principal photography began in July 2022 and concluded in January 2023. The trailer for the movie was released on August 14, 2024, by Zee Studios.
Initially announced for an October–November 2023 release, the film was rescheduled to release on June 14, 2024. However, it was postponed again due to the Lok Sabha elections.
Emergency was initially scheduled for release on September 6, 2024, but it has been postponed after failing to clear the censorship requirements of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).