Indira Gandhi Once Said To Manoj Kumar To Make A Film On Emergency

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In an interview with Lehren, actor-director Manoj Kumar revealed that once Indira Gandhi told him to make a film on Emergency but he dropped that idea later.

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00:00 When I was researching and writing the film 'Shaheed'...

00:06 ...Kanuji Angre, who is known as the first naval admiral...

00:20 ...was in the sea...

00:24 ...he would stop British ships...

00:32 ...and steal their ammunition.

00:35 He would kill them.

00:37 This was his character.

00:40 I thought...

00:43 ...that in our country there were kings, princes and nobles.

00:48 How did the masses rise?

00:54 If the masses rose, there would be no farmers.

00:58 Our country is ruled by farmers.

01:01 Some fought and some surrendered.

01:06 I was making a film, 'Naya Bharat'.

01:13 Indira ji had asked me to make it in an emergency.

01:17 I signed Salim Javed.

01:21 I told him to write the story and I would write the dialogue.

01:25 We became very close.

01:28 I have known Salim since 1958.

01:32 He is not just someone I know...

01:35 ...or someone I know from my profession.

01:39 He is not just a friend.

01:43 He is more than a brother to me.

01:48 In an emergency...

01:54 ...I was told that I had read a bad news.

02:00 The film was dropped.

02:05 I said, "Yes, it is there."

02:09 I would sit down...

02:14 ...and write the scene.

02:20 I would tell Salim on the phone or Javed at his house.

02:27 But I was so emotionally close to him...

02:35 ...that I gave him the name.

02:40 But...

02:44 ...Salim Javed worked very clearly.

02:51 Six or eight weeks before the release of the film...

02:55 ...he wrote in the film information...

02:59 ...that there is nothing for us in the revolution.

03:02 Whatever has been done, it is done by Munoz Kumar.

03:06 The End

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