What if Punjab is missing from Udta Punjab? It seems like the Censor Board has eventually succumbed to the political pressure as reports suggest that they do not want the Shahid Kapoor starrer to be set in the state. The ongoing censor issue just got political as the Censor Board doesn't want the movie to be set in Punjab.
After Censor Board refused to issue a certificate to the Abhishek Chaubey-directed film, the Revising Committee of Censor Board has now given even harsher suggestions to the makers, in order to obtain the certificate. Reportedly, the committee wants the film to be set in a fictional land rather than in Punjab and is demanding a lot of cuts, which are against the "reality" of the movie. Strangely, the Reviewing Committee is taking a view that the flick, which is based on the growing drug addiction among the youth, is defamatory to Punjab.
The decision didn’t go down well with Twitterati who had a lot to say about the decision to remove Punjab from the heading:
With inputs from agencies
