Kangana Ranaut has said that the Emergency marks one of the most important periods in Indian political history which changed the way we look at power and hence I decided to tell this story. file | Photo Credit: PTI
Actress Kangana Ranaut has sought permission from the Lok Sabha Secretariat for her shoot. upcoming movie emergency, Inside the Parliament complex, sources said on Sunday.
His letter is under consideration but he is unlikely to be granted permission, he said.
In her letter to the Lok Sabha Secretariat, Ranaut has requested that she be allowed to shoot a film based on the Emergency inside the Parliament complex.
Generally, private entities are not allowed to do shooting or videography inside the Parliament complex. Sources said that if it is being done for some official or government work, then it is a different matter. PTI,
He said mainly state broadcasters Doordarshan and Sansad TV are allowed to shoot programs or events inside Parliament.
He said that there is no precedent of a private party being allowed to shoot inside Parliament for personal work.
shooting for” emergencybegan in June this year. The film is directed, produced and written by Ms Ranaut. She also plays former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who imposed the Emergency in the country in 1975, in the film.
, emergency“Billed as the story of a watershed moment in the political history of India.
Ms Ranaut had said in a statement, “‘Emergency’ reflects one of the most important periods in Indian political history that changed the way we look at power and hence I decided to tell this story.”
She stated that she was fascinated by the power dynamics that were in vogue at the time.
Emergency was imposed by Gandhi from June 25, 1975 to March 21, 1977. During the period of 21 months, the fundamental rights of the people were put under strict restrictions.
Following the lifting of the Emergency, Gandhi called for Lok Sabha elections, in which his Congress party was routed – the first since the country’s independence in 1947 – by the combined opposition of the Janata Party.