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• Jul 14, 2022 | Kabir Chakraborty

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.

color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">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."

color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">"Presenting 'Her', who was called 'Sir',
#Emergency shoot begins," the actor had said in the caption of the first
footage.

color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">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.