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Emergency, based on the life of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, marks the directorial debut of Kangana Ranaut. 

Emergency received mixed reactions from the audience and critics. Kangana played the role of Indira Gandhi in the movie. 



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R Madhavan made his filmmaking debut with Rocketry: The Nambi Effect in 2022, based on the life of Nambi Narayanan, a former ISRO scientist. 

R Madhavan

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Madhavan played the role of Nambi Narayanan. 

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Konkana Sen Sharma made her directorial debut in 2017 with the movie A Death In The Gunj.

Konkona Sen Sharma 

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She has also directed a Bengali short film, Naamkoron (2006), and the segment titled The Mirror in the anthology Lust Stories 2 (2023). 

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A still from A Death in the Gunj  

Ajay Devgn directed his first movie, U Me Aur Hum, in 2008, and also played the lead role in it. The film didn't do well at the box office. 


Ajay Devgn 

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He has also directed films like Shivaay (2016), Runway 34 (2022) and Bholaa (2023). 

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Aamir Khan made his debut as a director with the movie Taare Zameen Par, which was based on dyslexia, in 2007.

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Aamir also played a supporting role in Taare Zameen Par.

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