The Newshour Debate: #UdtaPunjabCensored: Censor wants 89 cuts
- 8 years ago
On THE NEWSHOUR, TIMES NOW's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, and panelists -- Maheshinder Singh Grewal, Advisor to CM, Punjab; Harjinder Kaur, Chairman, Punjab Art Council & Member, SGPC; Rahul Easwar, Social Activist; Mukesh Bhatt, President of the Film and Television Producers Guild of India; Roshan Abbas, Writer & Director; Mayank Shekhar, Film Critic; Akash Deep, Director, Santa Banta Pvt. Ltd; and Bhai Baldeep Singh, Former Member, AAP -- discuss Shahid Kapoor-starrer "Udta Punjab" courting controversy, censor board raising objections regarding references to Punjab, and asking for 89 cuts, the makers of the Punjab-set drama, which deals with drug abuse in the state, contemplating making changes in the names of locations, and whether creative freedom has been crushed by netas in poll-bound state.