New Delhi, July 7 -- The controversy surrounding Diljit Dosanjh's Satluj continues to deepen after the film's co-writer, Niren Bhatt, questioned the alleged "anti-India" narrative around the project and criticised what he described as a lack of transparency over its removal from streaming platform ZEE5.

The Honey Trehan directorial, originally titled Panjab '95, quietly premiered on ZEE5 on Friday after spending nearly four years in a censorship battle. However, the film was removed from the platform less than two days later, with ZEE5 saying only that it was unavailable "in light of the current developments" without elaborating further.

In an interview with Variety India, Bhatt, who co-wrote the film with Utsav Maitra and director Hone...