Since Kiran Rao and Aamir Khan’s film Laapataa Ladies failed to make the cut for the Oscars, there has been a lot of chatter about it. Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut, who is busy in promoting her film ‘Emergency’, criticized the kind of films that are chosen for the Oscars.
Kangana Ranaut Says Oscars Pick Anti-India Films
In an interview with Times Now, Kangana Ranaut stated that films portraying India as “s**thole” are often selected for the Oscars.
Kangana stated, “Usually, the agenda they push for India is very different. Jo Oscar pick karta hai is anti-India. Abhi bhi jo film praise garner kar rahi hai (even now, the film that is garnering praise), I was very excited about it. I heard the director say, in India, you don’t have the freedom to love the way you want to love because of religious intolerance. I haven’t even seen the film. For the Oscars, it has to be a film that makes the country look bad. Slumdog Millionaire, etc. It always has to be a film that makes the country look like a s**thole”.
She continued, “Emergency is not that film. The West is ready to see how India stands today. I have never cared about Indian awards or Western awards. It is a film that’s brilliantly made, and it is as good as any international film. But at the same time, I know how geopolitics works. We, as nationalist people, don’t have much hope with these award functions”.
About Her Film ‘Emergency’
Starring and directed by Kangana Ranaut, Emergency is a biographical action-drama. Anupam Kher, Shreyas Talpade, Vishak Nair, Mahima Chaudhry, Milind Soman, and Satish Kaushik all play important parts in the movie. Kangana will play former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in the movie, which is based on the Emergency that was imposed in India for 21 months between 1975 and 1977 and its aftermath. After several delays, it is set to open in theaters on January 17.
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