Overview

• Udaipur Files debuted nationwide on August 8 after the Supreme Court lifted legal stays and approved its release following extensive CBFC and Section 6 reviews.
• Producer Amit Jani reported receiving repeated bomb and shooting threats from a caller identifying himself as Tabrez, prompting him to urge police to file charges.
• The central government assigned Y-category armed security, deploying a team of commandos in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh to safeguard Jani.
• At a special screening in Delhi, Kanhaiya Lal’s sons were visibly emotional as they watched the film dramatize their father’s 2022 murder.
• The National Investigation Agency’s trial of the accused continues in Jaipur even as the film’s portrayal of real events fuels debate over expression and fair-trial rights.