Emergency release date: Court gives deadline to CBFC for deciding Kangana Ranaut-starrer’s certification

A division bench of Justices B P Colabawalla and Firdosh Pooniwalla also asked if the CBFC thinks the people of this country are so naive as to believe everything shown in a movie.

On the petitioner's claim that the CBFC was delaying issuance of certificate to the movie due to political reasons, the HC (High Court) noted the film's co-producer and director Kangana Ranaut was herself a sitting BJP MP, and questioned if the ruling party was acting against its own leader. Emergency was to be released on September 6.

Kangana, who has directed and co-produced the film besides playing the lead role of former prime minister late Indira Gandhi, earlier this week accused the CBFC of stalling certification to delay the release.