Anurag Kashyap Lashed Out On Twitter After Censor Board Demanded 89 Cuts From Udta Punjab!

On March 28, 2016 Anurag Kashyap expressed his hope and faith in the CBFC regarding the ban on Udta Punjab, saying that it is still under scrutiny and spreading rumors of ban at this stage is not responsible.

Now, however, Kashyap seems to have lost the confidence he had on CBFC after 89 cuts were demanded off the movie along with the omission of “Punjab” from the entire film which includes the title as well.

Kashyap’s disappointment with the censor board was prominent in his sarcastic tweet posted last night where he compared India to the fascist North Korea.

I always wondered what it felt like to live in North Korea .. Ab to plane pakadney ki bhi zaroorat nahin..

— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) June 6, 2016

There is no film more honest than UDTA PUNJAB .. And any person or party opposing it is actually GUILTY of promoting drugs

— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) June 6, 2016

 

While Anurag Kashyap maintains that Udta Punjab is a socially conscious and responsible cinema rather than what it is being projected as, the rest of film fraternity along with media personalities and writers have also taken to Twitter in his support.

#UdtaPunjab speaks of the reality of our times….censoring reality amounts to delusion…..the fraternity has to stand by what's right!!

— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) June 6, 2016

 

#UdtaPunjab:
Punjab Udega; Udta Rahega
Punjabis spend Rs 7,500 crore annually on drugs. 1-in-3 college students are addicts: #AIIMS study

— Dibang (@dibang) June 7, 2016

 

Govt which wants to ban Udta Punjab shud realise that by banning a Udta film they actually trying to ban Udta truth

— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) June 6, 2016

 

If we applied the same censorship rules to our politics 95 percent of our politicians will have to shut shop!!! #UdtaPunjabCensored

— Niranjan Iyengar (@ashesinwind) June 7, 2016

 

I guess the next step will be to submit scripts for censorship. #UdtaPunjabCensored

— Nikkhil Advani (@nikkhiladvani) June 7, 2016

 

They should release the movie Udta Punjab on Snapchat.

— Gabbbar (@GabbbarSingh) June 6, 2016

 

While CBFC faces the sarcastic wrath of the Twitter universe, the fate of what seems to be a promising cinema still remains unknown.