Kangana Ranaut’s emergency accused of playing with historical facts, writer sent legal notice

Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut’s film ‘Emergency’ was in a lot of controversies before its release. The makers moved the court after the film did not get a certificate from the censor board. However, ‘Emergency’ did not receive special response at the box office after its release.

Recently the film has been released on OTT. But after coming to the OTT, the ‘Emergency’ is caught in legal trouble. Kangana Ranaut has fallen into legal trouble with her recent film ‘Emergency’. Senior Journalist and writer Kumi Kapoor has filed a case against the film’s makers.

According to PTI reports, Kumi Kapoor has accused Kangana’s production house Manikarnika Films Private Limited and streaming platform Netflix of misusing his book and name and distorting historical facts in the film.

Kumi Kapoor has sent a legal notice to Manikarnika Films and claimed that Kangana’s production house has violated the contract. The film’s team has misused his name and claimed that the film is based on his book ‘The Emergency: A Personal History’.

Kumi Kapoor said, my daughter is a lawyer, so I included two clauses on her salary. The makers had the entire artistic freedom to make the film, but nothing should be changed that is contrary to the publicly available historical facts.

He said, it was also said in the agreement that the writer and book name cannot be used without pre -written consent for promotion or earning of the film. I was in Goa and I did not watch the film at that time. I was confident that they would take care of the agreement between us. But they are still claiming that the film is based on the book.

Kumi Kapoor said that she has sent two legal notices, but none of them have received any response. While signing the agreement, he was told that a special chapter based on former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi would be reference in the film. When she saw that the title of the film is very similar in the name of her book, she was surprised.

In the legal notice, he also claimed that Kangana’s ‘Emergency’ has many mistakes. The fact is that the Emergency was not removed until Indira Gandhi lost the general election in March 1977. Kumi Kapoor has demanded immediate compensation for his reputation, emotional and financial loss due to the careless and inlegor of filmmakers.