Kangana Ranaut rejects ‘silly’ Oscars for Emergency, claims ‘America bully, suppress developing nations’

A week after its release on OTT, Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut's Emergency reigned number one on Netflix. The actor-turned-MP has since been sharing fresh reactions and reviews for it on Instagram.

Among the many positive reviews that the actress received for her movie, a person suggested that Emergency should win an Oscar.

However, Kangana dismissed the idea, called the award “silly,” and claimed that America is a bully who “suppresses, arm twists developing nations.”

“#EmergencyOnNetflix should go for the Oscars from India. Kangana, what a film,” a person wrote in a tweet.

Kangana reposted the tweet and said, “But America wouldn't like to acknowledge its real face, how they bully suppress and arm twist developing nations. It's been exposed in #emergency. They can keep their silly Oscar. We have National Awards.”

Here's what other viewers thought of Kangana's Emergency:

Filmmaker Sanjay Gupta said he had “prejudged” Emergency but was pleasantly surprised by the “top-notch and world-class film”.

“Today I watched EMERGENCY by @KanganaTeam. Very frankly I wasn't planning to as I had prejudged it. I am so glad that I was wrong. What a fantastic film by Kangana both performance & direction. Top Notch & World Class,” Gupta wrote.

To this, Kangana replied: “Film industry must come out of its hate and prejudices and acknowledge good work, thanks for breaking that barrier Sanjay ji, the barriers of preconceived notions, my message to all filmi intellectuals, never keep any notions about me, mujhe samajhne ki koshish bhi mat karna, main pahunch se bahar hoon (Don't try to figure me out, I am out of your reach).”

A viewer also praised Kangana's acting in the movie. “People are calling my acting in #emergency amazing and my best ever, could I surpass Queen, TWM2, Fashion, Thalaivi? Watch #emergency and find out,” the actress responded.

Emergency #1 on Netflix

Emergency released on Netflix on Friday and as on Sunday evening, it is trending number 1 on movies list, followed by Ajay Devgn's Azaad and Naga Chaitanya-Sai Pallavi's Thandel.