India, July 6 -- For years, Honey Trehan's film on human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra existed more as a censorship controversy than a movie. Announced as Ghallughara, later retitled Punjab '95 and finally released as Satluj, the Diljit Dosanjh-starrer spent nearly four years battling certification hurdles before quietly premiering on ZEE5 on July 3.

There were no promotions, interviews or marketing campaigns. Then, just 48 hours later, the film disappeared.

On July 5, ZEE5 announced that Satluj would be unavailable in India "until further notice", citing unspecified "developments". The platform has not elaborated further, and neither the CBFC nor the film's producers have publicly explained the move. HT reached out to all stakeh...