Updated On: 26 October, 2024 07:13 AM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu
Days after CBFC clears Kangana’s Emergency, sources say board’s changes included removing Bhindranwale references and toning down violence

Kangana Ranaut stars in and helms the biopic
Kangana Ranaut has fought a long battle with the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to see her directorial venture, Emergency, release on the big screen. Now that the biopic of the late Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, has been cleared for release, it hasn’t been without its share of changes. mid-day is in possession of the detailed cuts that have been recommended by the Revising Committee.
A source from the CBFC said that among the requested cuts, many involved references to Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. “While in one instance, the name has been replaced with ‘Woh’, another sequence had the chant ‘Sant Bhindranwale Zindabad’. That was modified to ‘Zindabad’. Plus, a scene in which Bhindranwale says that he isn’t a puppet of the Congress party has been tweaked,” revealed the insider. Violence in the biopic has been toned down, with a sequence of firing in front of a bus dropped entirely.