The screening of Kangana Ranaut starrer “Emergency” at the Harrow Theatre in London was disrupted by Khalistani separatists who reportedly stormed into the building and began yelling “Khalistan Zindabad” slogans while demonstrating against it which led to disarray and chaos in the place. They called for the movie to be immediately halted and claimed that the Sikh community was inaccurately portrayed in it. They also got into a furious confrontation with the moviegoers in the theatre who fought back. The audience asked for the film to continue despite the forceful assertions of the separatists.
#BREAKING: Khalistani radicals with faces covered storm inside a Cinema Hall in London, UK to disrupt screening of the film #Emergency. Shameful, under watch of UK Govt against freedom of speech. No action taken by British Police. @KanganaTeam @AnupamPKher pic.twitter.com/pKVApwAqUd
— Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) January 19, 2025
Videos of the incident have gone viral on social media, showing Khalistanis shouting slogans and clashing with the audience inside the movie theatre. The movie theatre’s management has not yet filed an official complaint despite this major ruckus. However, they promised to improve the security system. According to them, more security personnel will be deployed to ensure that such situations never arise again.
British lawmakers & law enforcement have repeatedly fallen hostage to Islamists & Khalistanis under the notion of human rights & multiculturalism. As highlighted in the @ColinBloom report, this unchecked disproportionate appeasement risks turning these groups into a greater… pic.twitter.com/zZBUb1ujRk
— Adit (@IndicSocietee) January 19, 2025
Local law enforcement took the instance seriously and looked into the movie theatre’s CCTV footage. However, no accused has been arrested so far. According to the police, an investigation is underway to find the offenders and prosecute them. Meanwhile, at least three locations in the United Kingdom have stopped showing the movie “Emergency.” It was removed from Hounslow, Feltham Cineworlds, Birmingham Star City Vue, and Wolverhampton Cineworld.
BREAKING | Pro-Khalistan extremists storm Harrow cinema and attempt to stop the screening of “Emergency”.@metpoliceuk @HCI_London @FCDOGovUK @DrSJaishankar@MEAIndia @KanganaTeam#harrow #london #uk #britain #UnitedKingdom #Khalistani #khalistaniextremists #Emergency pic.twitter.com/oHaXcRBYAd
— INSIGHT UK (@INSIGHTUK2) January 19, 2025
The movie produced by Zee Studios is based on true events from the life of former Prime Minister late Indira Gandhi and the nationwide Emergency imposed by her in the 1970s. However, the venture has been in controversy from the start as Sikh organizations have protested against its story and alleged that the community has been shown in a negative light due to which many cinema halls in Punjab refused to showcase it.
The film was initially slated for release in September of last year, but it was denied a certificate by the censor board after which the filmmakers had to make minor edits and changes before submitting it to the board again. “Emergency” eventually came out on 17th January after facing many hurdles and issues.
How the UK has become a hotbed of extremists
The disruption faced by Kangana Ranaut’s ‘Emergency’ in a London cinema hall is emblematic of the UK’s plunge into the abyss of extremism and hooliganism, most notably exemplified by the recent discussions around the Pakistani grooming gangs that spotlighted the misplaced sense of political correctness harboured by British lawmakers that allowed criminals to run amok without being brought to reckoning. Not just Khalistanis, the UK has been a sanctuary for all kinds of criminals—be it financial frauds, rapists, or rioters, they have found refuge and shelter in the United Kingdom.
Nothing exemplifies this notion more than the issue of Pakistani grooming gangs raised by American billionaire Elon Musk, who slammed the UK Prime Minister for handling ‘grooming gangs’ in the UK, with particular reference to the notorious Rotherham scandal. He criticized UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer for not effectively prosecuting these gangs during his time as Director of Public Prosecutions.
The Labour government, led by Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the United Kingdom, then came under heavy criticism for its approach to addressing the issue of Pakistani Muslim grooming gangs, also referred to as rape gangs. Prime Minister Starmer not only dismissed calls for a national inquiry into historical child sexual exploitation but also labelled demands for an investigation into Pakistani rape gangs as a “far-right” stance. This provoked a widespread backlash, with criticism pouring over on the Labour Party for not acting against Pakistani Grooming gangs for fear of being labelled as “Islamophobic”—a label thrown around by Islamists and their apologists to target governments and ostracise individuals seeking to enforce law and order, particularly against Muslim fundamentalists and criminals.
In the name of secularism and to steer clear of being branded as “Islamophobic”, the British legislators allowed Pakistani grooming gangs to have a free run, not enforcing stringent laws to stop them from their appalling exploitation of young girls in the United Kingdom. The case underscores Britain’s steady and irreversible descent to extremism, prioritising political correctness and misguided belief in promoting secularism at the expense of justice, morality, and integrity.