The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has finally given a greenlight to Kangana Ranaut’s contentious movie Emergency. Based on former Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the movie was earlier postponed by the makers as it awaited the censor board’s approval. CBFC had earlier sent a list of 10 changes to the makers on August 8, but the producers agreed to 9.
The board has now cleared the movie with a U/A certification after a few cuts and fact-checks on negative quotes. #ExpressFrontPage | Censor cleared Kangana Ranaut’s #Emergency with cuts, sought fact-check on negative quotes ✍🏻 @RitikaChopra__ https://t.co/HOrDyeadxm — The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) September 8, 2024 According to the Sunday Express, the CBFC asked the makers to provide factual sources for some of the more controversial historical statements, including Winston Churchill’s remark on Indians breeding like rabbits and Richard Nixon’s reference to Indian women.
The board also suggested removing or replacing scenes showing Pakistani soldiers assaulting Bangladeshi refugees with triggering visuals like smashing open an infant’s head and beheading three women. CBFC also asked the Emergency-makers to remove cuss words yelled by a character in the crowd in a death scene of a leader. The filmmakers responded to CBFC’s directives on the 14th of the same month, the very day its trailer was released.
On August 29, the makers received an intimation that the movie was granted certificat.
