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Chanda Marutha: a victim of the Emergency

“It was June 25, 1975, and the last day of filming Chanda Marutha (Wild Wind), a film my parents, Pattabhirama Reddy and Snehalatha Reddy, were making that prophesied the Emergency,” recounts Nandana Reddy, 50 years after the making of the movie. There was a feeling of relief, as the shooting was completed, Nanadana comments. ”At the same time…

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Kangana Ranaut’s Film Crosses Rs 17 Crore Mark

New Delhi: Kangana Ranaut’s Emergency released on January 17. Despite a decent opening, the film failed to bring the audience to the theatre and witnessed a sharp dip in its box office collection. Emergency minted Rs 20 lakh on its second Tuesday, reported Sacnilk. With this, the film’s total collection now stands at Rs 17.10…

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‘Emergency’ row: Kangana Ranaut upset with Indian politicians’ “silence” over disruption of UK screening

Kangana Ranaut in ‘Emergency’. | Photo Credit: Zee Studios/YouTube After Bob Blackman, the Opposition Conservative Party Member of Parliament urged the U.K. Home Secretary to intervene after his constituents in north-west London were threatened by “masked Khalistani terrorists” who burst into a screening of Kangana Ranaut’s film Emergency, the actor-director has responded to the ongoing…

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‘Emergency’ not screened in most places in Punjab after SGPC protests, Kangana Ranaut calls it ‘harassment’

Activists of Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar (SADA) shout slogans as they protest against the release of Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut’s film ‘Emergency’ outside a cinema complex in Amritsar on January 17, 2025. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP) | Photo Credit: NARINDER NANU Kangana Ranaut’s Emergency was not screened at most cinemas in Punjab on…

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Paatal Lok Season 2, The Roshans And More

New Delhi: Moviegoers, are you ready for another week of thrilling new films and television shows? There is a wide range of exciting titles to suit every taste during the week of January 13 to 19, 2025.  The upcoming release lineup seems to offer a delicious banquet of options. Take a look:  Emergency (January 17)…

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2025 in film: Bollywood lost in the woods

In more ways than one, 2024 turned out to be a horror show for Bollywood. While the audience paid big time to get spooked in theatres, the overall business left the stakeholders ashen. Throughout the year, exhibitors complained of an unsteady flow of films persuading producers and distributors to serve nostalgia to an audience seeking…

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