Overview
- The film was made available on ZEE5 on July 3 and was removed by the platform on July 5 after a brief two-day run following nearly four years of certification delays.
- An Information and Broadcasting Ministry official told ANI the film was taken down because it evaded the Central Board of Film Certification process and was released on OTT under a different name.
- ZEE5 confirmed the removal and said it would follow the proper procedures to restore the film, without giving a firm timeline for a return to the service.
- The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee urged gurdwara committees to download and hold public screenings and announced plans for college seminars, while actors and filmmakers publicly defended the project.
- Satluj dramatizes Jaswant Singh Khalra’s work exposing alleged mass illegal cremations in 1990s Punjab, a story that led to CBI prosecutions, and the film’s reported refusal to accept 127 CBFC cuts has reopened debates over censorship, platform responsibility and public memory.