Overview

• Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has demanded 127 edits since December 2022, including removing references to Indira Gandhi and renaming Punjab Police.
• Filmmaker Honey Trehan has publicly threatened to remove his name if the cuts are enforced and insists the film’s integrity must be preserved.
• Trehan has organized private showings of the uncut version for select audiences due to the certification stalemate.
• Diljit Dosanjh has reignited public interest with new posters shared on social media despite ongoing delays.
• The dispute underscores tensions between artistic freedom and political sensitivities in revisiting Jaswant Singh Khalra’s human rights legacy.