Kangana Ranaut's film Emergency faces legal trouble as a Chandigarh Court issues notice over allegations that it misrepresents Sikhs, prompting calls for an FIR. New Delhi: Kangana Ranaut’s starrer 'Emergency', has once again found itself in controversy, as a Chandigarh district court issued notice to the actress and other respondents on Tuesday. They are accused of tarnishing the image of the Sikh community through the film’s portrayal of historical figures.
According to reports from PTI, the notice was filed by Advocate Ravinder Singh Bassi, who is also the president of the NGO Lawyers for Humanity. The respondents, including Ranaut and Zee Studios, have been directed to submit their replies by December 5. The petition claims that Emergency misrepresents Sikhs, particularly by depicting the former Jathedar of Akal Takht Sahib as a terrorist.
Bassi asserts that the filmmakers did not accurately represent historical facts, alleging that the trailer falsely suggests the Jathedar demanded a separate state, a claim he calls baseless and damaging. "The accused without studying the proper historical facts and figures had portrayed Sikhs in bad shape and also made wrong and false allegations against the supreme temporal seat of the Sikh community as in the trailer of the movie it was shown that the sitting Jathedar of Sri Akal Takth Sahib was demanding separate state which is false and it was shown just to malign the image of Sikhs and the Akal Takth Jathedars," Bassi alleged i.