Punjab May No Longer Exist In ‘Udta Punjab’. Censor Board Bans State Reference In The Film.

Udta Punjab seems to be in the troubled waters yet again. The movie has a ban knocking at its doors, again.

The Censor Board Committee has asked the makers of the movie to put a ban on all the references to Punjab because of the upcoming elections.

Major objections have come from Punjab’s ruling Akali Dal led by Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal.

 

As if putting a ban on the references were not enough, the Revising Committee wants the film to be based on some fictional land and not Punjab and they have banned ‘Punjab’ from the title, making it just ‘Udta’.

The film focuses on the growing drug menace in the state, which the government resolves to fight.

 

Twitterati unleashed a torrent of anger and disapproval on this move and some of them made a mockery of this move.

Here are some of the tweets:

1.

#UdtaPunjab may have to be renamed Udta Nowhere as film-makers told to remove any reference to state or politics: sources to @NDTV. #absurd

— Suparna Singh (@Suparna_Singh) June 6, 2016

 

2.

” Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance”. Is Pahalaj Nihalani listening ?

— Mahesh Bhatt (@MaheshNBhatt) June 6, 2016

 

3.

No America in American Sniper
No Madras in any Café
No Calcutta in Mail
No Kashmir in Kashmir Ki Kali
?
No brains? https://t.co/RLjAP0OI80

— Sherni (@TheSherni) June 6, 2016

 

4.

‘Udta Punjab can’t have any mention of Punjab, rules panel’

Aur ye keh kar censor board ne ek aur Udta Teer apne andar le liya.

— SamachaRatty (@YearOfRat) June 6, 2016

 

5.

Saying Udta Punjab can’t have any mention of Punjab is like asking Kejriwal to make no mention of Modi

— Gabbbar (@GabbbarSingh) June 6, 2016

 

6.

Remove Punjab from the movie’s name but don’t try removing drugs from the state. *Slow Claps* #UdtaPunjab https://t.co/wQxhcGyCIh

— ruchi kokcha (@ruchikokcha) June 6, 2016

 

7.

Dear BJP/AkaliDal, Focus on removing drugs from Punjab, not Punjab from #UdtaPunjab. https://t.co/n7unfD51pO

— Ambarsariya (@Vishj05) June 6, 2016

 

8.

And now the censor board wants to remove the title track from the movie. I think the makers should just leak the movie online. #UdtaPunjab ?

— Monisha Mishra (@MoniishaMishra) June 6, 2016

 

9.

#UdtaPunjab may have to be renamed Udta Nowhere as film-makers told to remove any reference to state or politics: sources to @NDTV. #absurd

— Suparna Singh (@Suparna_Singh) June 6, 2016

 

10.

” Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance”. Is Pahalaj Nihalani listening ?

— Mahesh Bhatt (@MaheshNBhatt) June 6, 2016

Really? Udta anything BUT Punjab?

Dear Govt, the movie does not intend to blame Punjab in any way, but your imbecile ban makes no sense at all.

News Source: NDTV

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