‘Emergency’ Actor-Director Kangana Ranaut Slams Oscars For Selecting Anti-India Films

Mumbai: Actress-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut is currently busy promoting her much-awaited political drama ‘Emergency.’

During a recent promotional interview with Times Now, the actress, known for her bold and controversial statements, trained her guns on the Oscars by slamming it for selecting anti-India films.

While talking about the Oscar 2025 entries, she said, “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.”

“Emergency is not that film. The West is ready to see how India stands today. I have never cared about these awards. I don’t care 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,” she added.

India’s official entry to Oscars 2025 was Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao’s ‘Laapataa Ladies.’ However, the film failed to make the cut for the Academy Awards.

Among other Indian entries is Suriya and Bobby Deol’s ‘Kanguva.’ The news sparked a meme fest because the film failed the impress movie buffs at the domestic box-office and turned out to be a dud.

The final list of nominated movies will be announced on January 17.

Besides playing lead role of Indira Gandhi’s character, Kangana is also director and co-producer of ‘Emergency’, which will be released in theatres on January 17 after multiple delays. The film, which revolves around the national emergency imposed in the country in 1975, also features Anupam Kher, Shreyas Talpade, Vishak Nair, Mahima Chaudhry, Milind Soman, and Satish Kaushik.