Screening of ‘Emergency’ disrupted in UK

Sikh groups organised protests against Kangana Ranaut’s movie “Emergency”, disrupting its screening at some cinemas in the UK during its opening weekend.

The Sikh Press Association (PA) said on social media that the film was seen as “anti-Sikh” and the protests resulted in cancelling its screening in Birmingham and Wolverhampton, in the West Midlands region of England.

Community organisation Insight UK posted a video on its X platform showing protesters disrupting the screening of the film at a cinema in Harrow, north-west London. “Pro-Khalistan extremists storm Harrow cinema and attempt to stop the screening of ‘Emergency’,” states Insight UK.

“UK Sikhs are protesting at cinemas (sic) across the UK regarding today’s release of the film Emergency, a biopic of former India PM Indira Gandhi considered anti-Sikh propaganda,” Sikh PA stated on X. Meanwhile, Ranaut took to social media with a video expressing gratitude and also voicing her disappointment regarding film’s reception in Punjab and among some Sikhs abroad.