Kangana Ranaut announced her next directorial project on Wednesday. Emergency, a film about Indira Gandhi, will be directed by the actress. Kangana Ranaut is directing her second film. She wore the director’s hat for Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi earlier this year. The actress said on the social media platform Koo that no one can direct the film better than her.
Kangana Ranaut will direct India’s former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s biography Emergency.
Announcing the news, she wrote on Koo, “Pleased to wear director’s hat again, after working on Emergency for more than a year I finally figured no one can direct it better than me. Collaborating with fabulous writer Ritesh Shah, even if it means sacrificing on various acting assignments I am determined to do it, my excitement is high. This is going to be a tremendous journey, my leap to another league #Emergency #Indira (sic).”
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Ritesh Shah, who has written films such as Pink, Kahaani, Kahaani 2, D-Day, Rocky Handsome, and others, would pen the movie. He also wrote Kangana Ranaut’s next film, Dhaakad.
