Kangana Ranaut talks about India’s projection at the Oscars

The actress and now member of the Lok Sabha says that Oscars pick anti-India films that portray India in a negative light.

Kangana Ranaut recently shared her thoughts on India’s projections at the Oscars. She criticised Oscar selections, claiming that they favour films that portray India in a negative light.

Kangana Ranaut criticises Oscar selections.

The actress criticised Oscar selections for portraying India negatively. In an interview with Times Now, Kangana, who is currently busy promoting Emergency, lashed out at the kind of films chosen for the Oscars. She said “s**thole” are often selected for the Oscars. Usually, the agenda they push for India is very different. Jo Oscar pick karta hai is anti-India. Abhi bhi jo film praise garner kar rahi hai (even now, the film that is garnering praise), I was very excited about it. I heard the director say, in India, you don’t have the freedom to love the way you want to love because of religious intolerance. I haven’t even seen the film. For the Oscars, it has to be a film that makes the country look bad. Slumdog Millionaire, etc. It always has to be a film that makes the country look like a s**thole.”

“I don’t care about Indian awards or Western awards.”

She added, “Emergency is not that film. The West is ready to see how India stands today. I have never cared about these awards. I don’t care about Indian awards or Western awards. It is a film that’s brilliantly made, and it is as good as any international film. But at the same time, I know how geopolitics works. We, as nationalist people, don’t have much hope with these award functions.”

Emergency is a biographical action-drama film directed by and starring Kangana Ranaut. It is based on the Emergency imposed in India for 21 months from 1975 to 1977 and its aftermath. Kangana will be seen portraying former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Following multiple delays, it is scheduled to hit theatres on January 17, 2025.