David Malinowski, an Oscar winner who has worked on movies like The Batman, Darkest Hour, and World War Z, transformed Kangana (2022).

Digital Desk: The first teaser for Kangana Ranaut's upcoming film, Emergency, in which she portrays former prime minister Indira Gandhi, was released on Thursday. In the brief promotional video, Kangana adopts the late PM's appearance, replete with eyeglasses and her starched cotton saree.

It is still too early to predict if the actor will assume the role of the politician and how she will portray the period that is sometimes referred to as the darkest in Indian democracy. Kangana has made a point of stating that the movie is not a biography of Gandhi.

The former US secretary of state, Henry Kissinger, calls Kangana in the video and requests that American President Richard Nixon greet her as "Ma'am" rather than "Sir." After pausing, Kangana as Indira responds, "yes," but she quickly turns to her secretary and requests that he tell the US President that everyone in her office addresses her as "Sir."

"Presenting 'Her', who was called 'Sir', #Emergency shoot begins," the actor had said in the caption of the first footage.

David Malinowski, an Oscar winner who has worked on movies like The Batman, Darkest Hour, and World War Z, transformed Kangana (2022).

In a statement announcing the film, Kangana Ranaut said: "I chose to tell this narrative because Emergency depicts one of the most significant eras in Indian political history, which revolutionized the way we approach authority." Furthermore, portraying a public figure on TV is difficult because it requires perfecting the person's appearance, personality, and traits. I spent a lot of time doing research on the issue, and when I believed I had enough material, I started filming.

"These were the most dramatic incidents in recent world history," Kangana had previously stated in reference to a newspaper article from 1975.