{"id":548702,"date":"2026-03-20T09:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T09:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/548702\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T09:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T09:24:08","slug":"rakesh-bedi-takes-a-dig-at-kangana-ranauts-emergency-as-he-defends-dhurandhar-2-against-propaganda-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/548702\/","title":{"rendered":"Rakesh Bedi takes a dig at Kangana Ranaut’s Emergency as he defends Dhurandhar 2 against \u2018propaganda\u2019 claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

Actor Rakesh Bedi <\/a>is currently receiving widespread praise for his performance in Dhurandhar: The Revenge<\/a>. While the film has largely opened to positive reviews, a section of viewers has labelled it \u201cpropaganda\u201d. Addressing the criticism, Rakesh recently shared his thoughts in an interview with NDTV, where he defended the film and took an indirect dig at Kangana Ranaut\u2019s Emergency.<\/p>\n

\"RakeshRakesh Bedi takes a dig at Kangana Ranaut’s Emergency.Rakesh Bedi takes a dig at Kangana Ranaut’s Emergency<\/p>\n

Rakesh said, \u201cI don\u2019t believe in politics. I believe in cinema. Everybody has the right to like or dislike a film, but I don\u2019t think it\u2019s right to put a film into some kind of category, whether it\u2019s pro-establishment or anti-establishment. The verdict is that people are loving it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Talking about the buzz and strong audience response surrounding Dhurandhar: The Revenge, he added, \u201cRecently, there were films made on Indira Gandhi and (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi. These films didn\u2019t run for even two days. Dhurandhar\u2019s writing and screenplay are strong. People haven\u2019t seen a film mounted on such a scale before.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rakesh\u2019s remarks come amid ongoing debates around the film\u2019s themes and its reception on social media. Despite the criticism, the film has continued to perform well at the box office and has found strong support among audiences. For context, Kangana Ranaut recently portrayed former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in her self-directed film Emergency. The historical biographical drama, released in 2025, was based on the period of the Indian Emergency (1975\u201377). However, the film failed to make an impact at the box office, collecting only \u20b918.40 crore worldwide.<\/p>\n

About Dhurandhar: The Revenge<\/p>\n

Helmed by Aditya Dhar, Dhurandhar: The Revenge is the much-awaited sequel to the 2025 blockbuster Dhurandhar. The sequel delves into the origin story of Ranveer Singh\u2019s character, Hamza Mazari aka Jaskirat Singh Rangi. It also shows him continuing his mission to dismantle the terror network in Lyari while rising to the top of the criminal syndicate and facing enemies like Arjun Rampal. The film also stars Sara Arjun, R Madhavan, Sanjay Dutt and others in key roles.<\/p>\n

The film has been receiving unanimous praise from critics, industry insiders and audiences. Stars like Allu Arjun, Mahesh Babu and Jr NTR, among others, have praised Aditya Dhar\u2019s conviction and direction and applauded Ranveer Singh\u2019s performance. On its opening day alone, the film broke box office records and earned \u20b9146 crore at the domestic box office (including \u20b943 crore from paid previews). The film continues to perform well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actor Rakesh Bedi is currently receiving widespread praise for his performance in Dhurandhar: The Revenge. While the film…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":548703,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,185555,22046,75,83199,337,113615],"class_list":["post-548702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-dhurandhar-the-revenge","tag-emergency","tag-entertainment","tag-kangana-ranaut","tag-movies","tag-rakesh-bedi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}