Emergency OTT release: Did you know Kangana Ranaut sold her Mumbai house for this political drama? | – The Times of India

Kanagana Ranaut, or as many could know her because the ‘Queen’ of Bollywood, made it to the theatres earlier this yr with ‘Emergency,’ and now the identical movie has made it to the OTT platform. It was earlier scheduled to launch on OTT on March 17, however in a candy shock it landed a pair of days earlier.
The movie, upon its theatrical launch, was praised for its unbiased portrayal of historic information and Kangana Ranaut earned appreciation for her sheer expertise each as a director and actor. Additionally, regardless of a number of delays and controversies surrounding the film, the movie noticed a good opening. Nonetheless, with bans in numerous states, it failed to realize a correct field workplace success. Now that the film is accessible on Netflix, many are questioning whether or not Kangana Ranaut’s formidable undertaking’s OTT launch has helped her get better monetary losses or not.
The journey of ‘Emergency’ has not been a straightforward one. Kangana Ranaut needed to take drastic monetary measures owing to the delays in Emergency’s launch. She needed to put her private properties at stake to bear the associated fee. “Naturally, my movie was purported to be launched. I put all my private property on it. Now that it’s not launched, so anyway, that’s what properties are for – for occasions of disaster,” she mentioned at a News18 occasion final yr.
In accordance with a Zapkey report, Kangana sold her Pali Hill bungalow in Mumbai for Rs 32 crore. This property was bought by her in 2017 for Rs 20.7 crore and later took a Rs 27 crore mortgage in opposition to it. The bungalow was used because the workplace for her manufacturing house.
‘Emergency’ was initially set to launch in 2024, on September 6. Nonetheless, with the method of censor board approvals and controversies surrounding its portrayal of main and delicate historic occasions, the film acquired delayed. It lastly made it to the theaters on January 17, 2025, however was met with an general lukewarm response.
Irrespective of phrases of appreciation and excessive expectations, the movie’s worldwide assortment in keeping with Sacnilk report was ₹ 23.75 Cr. This consists of abroad assortment of ₹ 2.1 Cr
and India gross assortment of ₹ 21.65 Cr.
Now, in keeping with 123Telugu.com, ‘Emergency’ was acquired by Netflix for Rs 80 crore. It’s price noting that in latest occasions, it’s one of the best-paid digital rights acquisitions. Reportedly, with the OTT rights promote, Kangana appears to have recovered her funding.