Actress Kangana Ranaut said on Friday that Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) demands a ban on ‘Emergency’ and the film has a complete harassment of limited performance in a few parts of Punjab.
SGPC chief Harjinder Singh Dhami wrote a letter to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday demanding a ban on ‘Emergency’. The film was released across the country on Friday.
‘Emergency’ was not shown in many theaters in Ludhiana, Amritsar, Patiala and Bathinda, as members of SGPC protested against the film. Police forces were deployed outside the mall and theaters in the state.
Kangana said, “This is a complete harassment of art and artists. Information is being received from many cities of Punjab that these people are not allowing ‘Emergency’ to be displayed.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP (38) from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh said in a post on ‘X’, “I respect all religions. I have studied in Chandigarh and grew up there. I have seen and followed Sikhism closely. To spoil my image and harm ‘Emergency’, lies are being lied and propaganda is being done. ”
Kangana was reacting to a post of Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira. Khaira, while supporting the call to ban ‘Emergency’, said that Kangana “has been his critics” without knowing the contribution of farmers and Sikhs towards our country.
He said, “SGPC is our elected representative institution and Bhagwant Mann should take immediate steps to impress the Sikhs wrongly and impose a ban on the film that dismisses our state Punjab and its people.” Kangana has played the role of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in ‘Emergency’ based on political background. The film focuses on the 21 -month emergency in the country between 1975 and 1977.
The release of ‘Emergency’ surrounded in controversies over allegations of delay in getting certificates from the Central Film Certification Board and incorrectly presenting the Sikh community was postponed several times and now the film has been released across the country on Friday.
In August last year, the SGPC sent a legal notice to the film’s makers, alleging that the character and history of the Sikhs were “presented” and they were asked to remove the objectionable scenes showing “anti -Sikh” feelings.
