i&b min SETS UP panel to examine 'satluj' content after takedown
New Delhi, July 7 -- The ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB) on Monday constituted a high-level interdepartmental committee (IDC) to examine the contents of the Diljit Dosanjh-starrer film Satluj, based on the disappearance of a Punjab human rights activist. This followed a day after the MIB directed OTT platform Zee5 to take down the film.
The film depicts the life of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, who was abducted in 1995 and never seen again.
The matter has also triggered political backlash, with Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal calling it "an assault on our collective memory, truth, and freedom of expression".
During an Instagram Live, Dosanjh said he had anticipated the ban, calling it "inevitable."...
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