The makers of forthcoming movie Udta Punjab, which revolves
around drug abuse in Punjab and was involved in a battle with the Censor Board,
can now finally heave a sigh of relief as the Bombay High Court has allowed the
release of the movie with just one cut.
From what we have overheard, the Court just asked that the
scene showing Shahid Kapoor urinating on the stage be deleted. A Division Bench
of Justices SC Dharmad hikari and Shalini Phansalkar Joshi heard the plea filed
by Udta Punjab's co-producer Phantom Films against the 13 cuts suggested by the
Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) in the film. The judges also said
that they don't find anything in the film that shows Punjab in a bad light or
affects the sovereignty or integrity of India as claimed by CBFC. Earlier, the
High Court had told the CBFC that the multiplex audience is mature enough,
adding that people should be allowed to see the film as everyone has a choice.
An overjoyed Anurag Kashyap took to his Twitter page to
retweet a link to the news regarding the High Court decision and to write, “I
believe!” The movie, which is being jointly made by Phantom Films and Balaji
Motion Pictures, will release on its scheduled date-June 17.
Directed by Abhishek Chaubey and starring Shahid Kapoor,
Kareena Kapoor Khan, Alia Bhatt and Diljit Dosanjh, Udta Punjab was inspired by
an investigative report in a magazine about rampant drug abuse in Punjab.
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