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Community Screenings Help a Movie Set During an Indian Insurgency Bypass Censorship

Gurudwara committees are organizing community screenings after the film was removed from ZEE5 within 48 hours of release, officials said.

  • Sikh institutions are organizing community screenings of Diljit Dosanjh's film Satluj across gurudwaras in five Indian states following the movie's abrupt removal from ZEE5.
  • Directed by Honey Trehan, Satluj premiered on ZEE5 on July 3 but was removed within 48 hours after the Centre cited security concerns under Information Technology Rules, depicting activist Jaswant Singh Khalra.
  • Initially submitted to the Central Board of Film Certification as Ghallughara, the film faced demands for 21 cuts and a title change, followed by 127 cuts ordered by a revising committee.
  • Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee president Harmeet Singh Kalka demanded the film's immediate restoration, while four Jammu gurudwaras scheduled screenings from July 10 to July 13 and Jaipur hosts a screening on July 11.
  • Sikh religious bodies are coordinating nationwide community events to ensure the activist's story reaches the public, as the film also stars Arjun Rampal, Suvinder Vicky, and Geetika Vidya Ohlyan but remains inaccessible on major platforms.
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Community screenings help a movie set during an Indian insurgency bypass censorship

Sikh organizations and local activists are organizing community screenings in India’s northern Punjab state of a movie set during its bloody insurgency.

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Times of India broke the news in India on Wednesday, July 8, 2026.
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