Overview
- The Honey Trehan film formerly known as Punjab ’95 began streaming globally on ZEE5 on July 3, 2026 in what makers and the platform describe as the complete, uncut version.
- The release ends a near three‑year dispute with India’s Central Board of Film Certification that included repeated demands for cuts, mandated title changes and a Bombay High Court appeal.
- Satluj is a dramatized account inspired by human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra and traces his efforts to expose alleged mass disappearances of more than 25,000 people during Punjab’s insurgency era.
- Filmmakers and lead actor Diljit Dosanjh refused to endorse a compromised cut, and ZEE5 framed the OTT premiere as preserving the film’s integrity and giving it direct access to global audiences.
- The film’s public debut gives Khalra’s family and survivors a wider platform to revisit these events and could encourage other creators to use streaming to release works blocked for domestic certification, which may prompt fresh legal and political responses.