Kangana has ‘script ready’ for film on Bilkis Bano

Actor Kangana Ranaut reveals she has a script ready for the Bilkis Bano case and laments the lack of support from OTT platforms and studios

Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut has said that she has a script ready for a film based on the Bilkis Bano case, but could not make it due to lack of support from digital platforms, including Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, among others. The Supreme Court on Monday invalidated the Gujarat government’s decision to release the 11 convicts, who raped five-months pregnant Bilkis Bano and killed her family during the 2002 Gujarat riots.

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A user on X (previously Twitter) asked Ranaut about making a film on Bilkis Bano. “Dear Kangana ma’am, your passion for women empowerment is encouraging. Would you be interested in telling the story of Bilkis Bano with a powerful movie? Will you? Will you do it for Bilkis Bano, feminism or at least humanity? (sic)”

Ranaut shared that she wanted to make such a film for a long time, but lack of support has been the reason for her to not being able to make the film. Replying to the user, the actor wrote: “I want to make that story, I have the script ready, researched and worked on it for three years. But Netflix, Prime Video and other studios wrote back to me [saying] that they have clear guidelines they don’t do so-called politically motivated films. JioCinema said we don’t work with Kangana because she supports BJP and Zee is going through a merger. What are my options?”

On the work front, she will next be seen in Emergency, in which she is playing the role of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

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