Emergency Movie Review: Headlines and Controversy Does Movie Justice with Its Hype or Not?

Kangna Ranaut’s Emergency Movie was finally released after being in the headlines and controversy for a long time. For a long time, speculation was being made about the film that it would glorify a particular ideology by being an agenda film. Still, when you watch the film, this apprehension proves unfounded. However, a strong leader like Indira Gandhi does not even see the style for which she has been famous. Kangna Ranaut Written and starring in the film contains historical and controversial decisions of the lifetime of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, which proved to be decisive not only for India but also for Indira’s life.

First shot of the film. Written on the frame, the year 1929. Anand Bhavan’, Nehru family home. A girl named Indira is playing in the garden with her friends. Children run into the house. We see some women. One of them is Indira Gandhi’s Bua Vijayalakshmi. Standing next to them are women whose name falls under the plate of Extras in the credits. Your first focus should have gone to Vijayalakshmi. But you are looking at those Extras. The reason is that the heads of these women divided into different factions are moving in the same direction. Like they have been told that you just have to act talking. Don’t talk, act. Well, two scenes later Indira goes to her grandfather. He tells them the story of Indraprastha. From childhood, the seed of the small Indira falls in the mind that Delhi, which happened, this country happened to her.

Emergency Movie Review: Story Plot

The story begins with 12-year-old Indu (Bal Indira), where Indu gets his grandfather’s first lesson of power and ruler while being neglected by a TB-like illness. The story then takes forward Indira’s personal and political journey, where the country gained independence, Father Pandit Jawaharlal became Prime Minister, India China War and Assam Crisis in 1962, Shimla Accord, Indo-Pak War of 1971, Bangladesh in 1971 Becoming an independent nation of Indira, the reign of Indira, the emergency from 1975 to 1977, the period of sterilization, The brutal murder of Operation Blue Star and finally Indira for her last rally. Throughout this journey, this film Indira’s Janata Party veteran leader Jayaprakash Narayan (Anupam Kher), Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Shreyas Talpade), Jagjeevan Ram (Satish Kaushik) is also close to his Pupul Jaykar (Mahima Chaudhary) with his son Sanjay Gandhi (Vishak Nair), husband Fir Bhadir The story also depicts the duel from Indira’s inner demon. Everyone knows that on 15 August 1975, the entire family of Sheikh Mujiburrahman of neighboring Mulk Bangladesh was overthrown. So was the same massacre that prompted Indira to implement the Emergency given the safety of her family or did she make this decision instead of being taken out of the throne? Did Indira have a hand in implementing the black chapter of the Emergency and sterilization decisions of her son Sanjay Gandhi? To know many such controversial decisions, you have to see the Emergency Movie.

Emergency Movie Review and Analysis

There is no opinion that filming a strong political personality like Indira Gandhi was crooked, Kangna as a Magar writer-director dared. He has placed more emphasis on the human aspect of Indira Gandhi. In contrast to Indira’s dominating, leadership and outspoken image, it emphasizes the psychological and emotional complexities of the late Prime Minister. Since the name of the film is Emergency Movie, the viewer goes on to expect that the entire film will be based on that black chapter, with Magar being only a small part of the Emergency film. The rest of the film is based on Indira’s personal and political career, which can drive people away. Although Kangna as a writer-director has unambiguously portrayed celebrities who have gained and polarized the country’s reputation, Magar seems to be over the top.

In an attempt to cover the entire life span of the former Prime Minister in the film, the story sometimes seems to be an example. The second half of the film is strong. Magar Indira, the patriotic song seems to be strange to the strong leaders. The 1971 Jung scenes are filmed strongly. Indira’s confrontational scene with US President Richard Nixon has also become plentiful. Talking about music, songs like ‘Empty Synghasan’ and ‘Aye Meri Jaan’ have become good. The cinematography of Tetsuo Nagata has carefully designed scenes from that period. Kangna does not prove nineteen anywhere in terms of acting. His prosthetic makeup or body language as Indira, Kangna has done a fantastic job. His character, not just the film after the interval, also proves to be multidimensional.

Anupam Kher as Jaiprakash Narayan has proved effective. Shreyas Talpade has proved himself admirable in the role of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Milind Soman has not found much screen space in the role of Field Marshal Manek Shaw. Vishak Nair has made an impression in the role of Pupul Jaykar as Mahima Chaudhary and Sanjay Gandhi. Jagjeevan Ram’s character is played by Satish Kaushik with Khubi. The Allied cast is well. Watching the film shows that Indira continued on her way to her grandfather from the beginning. She makes her mark in Congress when she grows up. Nehru was not happy with his daughter Indira’s many decisions, because Indira did not listen to him. Indira is also shown saying that she knew that her father could not bear the necklace. At the same time, Indira’s personal life also showed great turmoil. She never became her husband, Feroze Gandhi. Neither did she ever win her father’s heart nor her husband’s.

Since the film is based on Emergency, all I can say here is that Indira was well aware that she had made a mistake, but to know how and because of which she made this mistake, you have to go to the cinema to see the entire film. Will have to see There is no doubt that Kangna has given a tremendous performance in the film. He has worked hard to walk, speak, and look like Indira Gandhi, which is a clear glimpse into his acting. Another strong character featured in the film is Andira Gandhi’s son Sanjay Gandhi, whose role is played by Vishak Nair. If you like someone else’s acting after a pang, then it is Vishak Nair’s.

Apart from Kangna and Vishak Nair, Anupam Kher (Jaiprakash Narayan), Shreyas Talpade (Atl Bihari Vajpayee), Ashok Chhabra as Morarji Desai, Shaili Chaudhary as Indira Gandhi’s close Pupul Jayakar, Field Marshal as Sam Manekshaw Milind Soman and Jagjeevan Rama act as tremendous All these stars have done full justice to their characters. Mahima has been seen on the screen after a long time through this film, while Satish Kaushik will probably be the last film because they are no longer among us.

The film is directed by Kangna Ranaut himself, which you will appreciate. They have also paid attention to small things. The film also has some drawbacks, such as in many places in the film, you will see many people speaking Bengali, English, and French, which may not be easy for everyone to understand. In such a situation, if the subtitles were also given on the screen, then things could easily be understood. Secondly, the pace of the film is very good in the first half, but the film slows down by the second half. Apart from this, the songs of the film are also nothing special, if some good patriotic songs were added, it could have done something amazing before 26 January. Overall, you can watch this film once with the whole family.

The disadvantage of just touching it is that you cannot humanize your character. They remain as characters from the pages of history. Why are they such human beings, what are their internal differences, what is the foundation behind becoming such a human being, all of them do not get space. As a result, you cannot feel anything for those characters. No relationship is formed. And when something is not felt, why would you want to know the story of such humans? The second complaint from the film is that most of the characters were simply placed in a single note. Like you see Sanjay Gandhi in anger. The writing of the film ensures that you see that man in every scene next. You will not be introduced to any of its other sheds. J.P. Narayan and Atal Bihari also accompany Vajpayee.

When you try to play safe and want to show your characters in the same light, the actors also have no scope to show their range. This is why Emergency Movie is one of the most average works of Kangna Ranaut, Anupam Kher, and Shreyas Talpade. There are many flaws in the film. The rest is not that he does not have his moment. When Indira Gandhi leaves the Prime Minister’s residence, then the people working there get emotional. They say take us with you, we will work for free. Here you get to see an aspect of the human side of the character. Another similar scene comes when Indira goes to Bihar. From here ‘will eat half the bread, bring Indira ji’ slogan is born. Here the film does not see her heroine neck-up but brings her to Eye Level. But the issue is that such moments are just counting.

The film ‘Emergency ’ sounds like a slogan ‘will eat half the bread, bringing Indira back ’. This is the slogan in the country in which the free Gennhu is now dividing more than half the population. This film has every aspect of politics that many later leaders have learned how to present themselves in newspapers and media. Sitting on an elephant and reaching the village of Indira Gandhi in the forest, the media event was deliberately created or was it an auto-induced event? Indira reached out to meet JP Narayan, calling him ‘doll ’, ignoring Indira’s quick wit to pack and carry a piece of cake served while having dinner with the President of France. After this, the undercurrent of the politics of the changed country is such that even the slightest understanding of the state of the country should weep this film Can stand several times while watching.

Hardly anyone has raised more expectations about this film from Kangna Ranaut. The BJP leader watching this is also talking about the same part of the film, where the atrocities during the emergency are concerned, but this part is just a few minutes into the film. The film would not have been so much discussed if it had been ‘Indira’ instead of Emergency Movie. Indira Gandhi’s character has seen a whole circle ranging from ‘Indu Sarkar’ to Emergency Movie, trying to present Indira Gandhi’s image in a new light. Emergency Movie All of this may be considered the most authentic film reached near fairness. Neither this is the citation anthem of Indira nor his blind criticism. And, by standing on this scale, this film not only becomes visible but also admirable.

Kangna Ranaut, a fiction writer, director, and actress, has given the entire cinema she has learned so far in the film Emergency Movie. Since the story tries to cover all the important events related to Indira Gandhi’s life from 1929 to 1984, Lihaja has a very fast pace. In the blink of an eye the screen changes. But the new generation must watch this film especially so that it can understand the importance of Indira Gandhi. To understand that a Prime Minister of this country had refused to succumb to the open threats to the President of America and the acting that Kangna Ranaut has done in these scenes, It would be surprising for him if he does not get the National Film Award. Kangna has lived on the screen for nearly 25 years of Indira’s life. His performance has become very natural even in the scene of Beant Singh and Satwant Singh being shot and Kangna has done wonders in Sanjay Gandhi’s attacking scene.

Emergency Movie Review: The Last Words

In addition to Hindi, many characters are seen speaking Bangla, French, and Telugu in Emergency Movie. In some places, such dialogues were dubbed into Hindi. But on many occasions, the original language was allowed to remain. It would have been much better if it had been subtly to fully understand the scene, but this is our mildest complaint from Emergency Movie. At number two in acting after Kangna, here is the late actor Satish Kaushik who has acted heartily in the character of Jagjeevan Ram. Vishak Nair, who plays Sanjay Gandhi, also has expectations for the coming days. When Indira refuses to meet Sanjay, the dialogue between Vishak Nair and R’s Darshan Pandya at that time is also worth noting. Darshan has seen R’s Dhawan throughout the film. The film’s prosthetics are admirable. Makeup is a great compliment. The music side is extremely weak. So weak that its lyricist’s full name in the credit is written correctly or not, Nobody understood the need to check. Tetsuo Nagata, commanding the camera, has supported Kangna shoulder to shoulder in the film.

Star Cast: Kangana Ranaut, Anupam Kher, Mahima Chaudhary, Shreyas Talpade, Milind Soman & others

Director: Kangana Ranaut

Filmyhype.com Ratings: 2.5/5 (two and a half stars)

Emergency Movie Review: Headlines and Controversy Does Movie Justice with Its Hype or Not? - Filmyhype

Director: Kangana Ranaut

Date Created: 2025-01-17 16:39

Editor's Rating:
2.5