Punjabi singer & actor Diljit Dosanjh recently shared the latest update on Panjab '95 release date. Panjab '95 Release Date has been deferred indefinitely days after the actor and makers of the movie shared a teaser announcing that it will be released only internationally. However, after a few days, Diljit Dosanjh issued an apology and announced that Panjab '95 release date has been suspended even for international audiences. Many started to wonder what went wrong days after Diljit shared Panjab '95 Teaser.
Now, during an Instagram Live session, Diljit Dosanjh opened up about Panjab '95 release controversy. Diljit said, "If Panjab '95 will be released, it will be released with no cuts, otherwise I will distance myself from the movie. I will only support the movie on the condition that it will be shown unedited. Earlier, Panjab '95 was about to be released with no cuts then only I shared the promo. I have told the producers that only if you release the movie without cuts, then I will support the movie, otherwise, I will not. I hope some solution will come up and Panjab '95 gets released in theaters."
In some way, Diljit dropped a hint that the makers of the movie may have faced heat from the Indian Censor Board and the Government of India after they decided to release the movie internationally with zero cuts. As per reports, the CBFC has recommended more than 100 cuts in Diljit Dosanjh's upcoming movie Panjab '95.
Directed by Honey Trehan, Diljit's upcoming movie is produced by Ronnie Screwvala's RSVP Movies.
Controversy around Panjab '95
Panjab '95 is based on a true story based on the life of Sikh human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra. Jaswant Singh Khalra was the director of a bank in the city of Amritsar in Punjab during the militancy period in Punjab. Following Operation Blue Star, the assassination of Indira Gandhi, and the 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots, the police were empowered to detain suspects for any reason, ostensibly as suspected terrorists.
The police were accused of killing unarmed suspects in staged shootouts and burning thousands of dead bodies to cover up the murders. Khalra was investigating four major cases at one time and continued to collect evidence and witnesses.
In September 1995, Khalra was last seen in front of his house washing his car in Amritsar when he was reportedly abducted. As per official reports, Khalra was tortured at Jhabal police station and shot dead there and his body was disposed of near the Harike Bridge on the Sutlej River. He had disappeared under mysterious circumstances in 1995.
In the Jaswant Singh Khalra murder case, four policemen were given life imprisonment.