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Emergency: Mahima Chaudhry has been cast as cultural activist and author Pupul Jayakar in Kangana Ranaut’s upcoming film, Emergency. She revealed that Pupul Jayakar was Indira Gandhi’s childhood friend, so her scenes show the great leader in a non-political light. On Saturday, the actress’s first look as Pupul Jayakar was revealed. “Presenting @mahimachaudhry1 as the One who witnessed it all, and wrote for the world to see the Iron Lady up, close and personal. #PupulJayakar Friend, Author & Confidante. #Emergency,” Kangana, who is also producing the film, wrote alongside the first look.
Kangana Ranaut will play former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, and Anupam Kher will play revolutionary leader J.P. Narayan. Shreyas Talapade will play late politician Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who served three terms as Prime Minister of India.
Mahima, who plays Pupul Jayakar, said: “Working with Kangana is an experience because she wears so many hats with such great ease. She is playing such an important political character, Mrs Indira Gandhi.”
She added: “She is directing it herself and producing it. I get a lot of strength looking at her and the way she functions. Pupul Jayakar was Mrs Gandhi’s childhood friend so my scenes are the ones where you get to see the non-political side of this great and controversial political leader during the time of Emergency.”
“They are very open and honest with each other. You see a very different side of Mrs Gandhi. It’s very interesting to play this character and it’s been a wonderful experience working on this.”
Talking about this character, Kangana says: “Pupul Jayakar was an author, a very close friend of Mrs. Gandhi and has also written her autobiography. Mrs. Gandhi confided in her about everything. If there is one thread that runs through the film and connects the audiences to the inner world of Mrs. Gandhi, then it’s the character of Pupul Jayakar.”
“Even though the film is a first-person account, it is not a film where somebody is the narrator. Mrs. Gandhi’s interactions with Pupul are the most soulful.
She added: “They shed light on how she confided her deepest darkest secrets to Pupul Jayakar. This makes her character an important person in the film called ‘Emergency’.”
‘Emergency,’ written and directed by Kangana Ranaut, is presented by Manikarnika Films. Renu Pitti and Kangana Ranaut are producing the film. Ritesh Shah wrote the screenplay and the dialogue.
Source:ITv
