The political storm in Punjab surrounding ‘Satluj’ movie

Amid Diljit Dosanjh's 'Satluj' row, national award-winning filmmaker Gurvinder Singh says Honey Trehan's film was targeted for its explicit storytelling

Gurvinder Singh, the filmmaker, laments the removal of 'Satluj', featuring Diljit Dosanjh, due to its straightforward portrayal, which he believes rendered it susceptible to censorship. He proposes that adopting different narrative techniques might have mitigated these issues. The explicit themes of 'Satluj' and their ability to provoke audience reactions have ignited vital conversations surrounding the intersections of censorship and artistic f…

Hindus massacred, journalists silenced and nearly 1,800 policemen killed: The victims erased from Punjab insurgency narratives

The release and subsequent removal of the Diljit Dosanjh-starrer ‘Satluj’ from the OTT platform Zee5 has once again brought the darkest years of Punjab’s insurgency into public discussion. As usual, the narratives are being discussed from two different points of view. One, where all victims are being discussed, including Sikhs and Hindus who suffered losses during the insurgency, and second, where pro-Khalistanis are using it to push their own s…

The Politics Of Satluj: A Film That No Party Can Fully Own

Satluj has already achieved one political outcome: it has forced every major party to revisit questions that have remained politically unresolved for four decades

Why is India blocking film on a man who counted Punjab insurgency killings?

Satluj, based on life and murder of rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, is still finding its audience despite the ban.

The political storm in Punjab surrounding ‘Satluj’ movie

As the controversy surrounding the film and its removal continued unabated, political organisations, youth outfits and religious bodies have been organising public screenings of the film in villages and towns of Punjab

‘Can’t suppress past’: BJP Sikh leaders weigh in to support Satluj

Union MoS Ravneet Singh Bittu’s attacks on the biopic on activist Jaswant Singh Khalra do not go down well with leaders, tell him to avoid “unnecessary remarks”, rule out fears of film inciting communal discord