Supreme Court declines to hear NGO plea to halt screening of ‘Udta Punjab’
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to hear a plea by Punjab-based NGO Human Rights Awareness Association to halt the screening of the film Udta Punjab and asked it to approach the Punjab and Haryana High...
‘Udta Punjab’ leaked online two days before scheduled release
Amidst much controversy, Bollywood movie "Udta Punjab" has apparently been leaked online. The movie is yet to release officially, however, reports suggest that portions of the film have already been leaked on certain websites. Some reports even say that the...
2 days before release NGO challenges HC order on Udta Punjab
New Delhi: Just ahead of the it's Friday release Udta Punjab has run into trouble again. An NGO has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court verdict. The NGO, Human Rights awareness, has pleaded that the High Court cannot...
Bombay High Court clears Udta Punjab with single cut
Mumbai/Nagpur: The Bombay High Court has cleared Bollywood film Udta Punjab for release with one cut, a scene that the filmmakers said they had offered in court to delete. A lawyer of the film's producer Phantom Films, which had moved court...
Abuses need to be deleted, court tells Udta Punjab makers
Mumbai/Nagpur: Proceedings resume in the Bombay High Court on the Udta Punjab plea. The court observes: There is no need to assert or incorporate abusive words in every dialogue. As far as cut no 5 suggested by CBFC is concerned, there...
HC Udta Punjab order on Monday
Court tells CBFC: Multiplex audience is mature enough to watch Udta Punjab Mumbai: A day after Shyam Benegal gave a thumbs up to Abhishek Chaubey's Udta Punjab, the makers of the film have another reason to rejoice as Bombay High Court...
HC to Censor Board on Udta: Mature films needed, no need for hue and cry
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court hearing the plea filed by the producers of Udta Punjab against an order of the Review Committee of the Central Board of Film Certification seeking cuts in the movie has posted the hearing for tomorrow....
‘Mischievous’ AAP attempting to boost its chances through ‘Udta Punjab’: Swamy
New Delhi: Questioning the release timing of Shahid Kapoor-starrer 'Udta Punjab', BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Thursday alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party was making mischievous attempts to boost its chances in next year's state assembly polls courtesy the drug...
Censor Board chief: Udta Punjab cuts nothing to do with Punjab polls
Censor Board chief Pahlaj Nihalani says Udta Punjab director Anurag Kashyap's charges are baseless. He said the film's cuts have nothing to do with the polls in Punjab. "Only if one sees the film can one understand why the word...
‘Udta Punjab’ should be named ‘Udta India’: Ram Gopal Varma
Abhishek Chaubey's Udta Punjab deals with drug problem in Punjab but according to filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma, the issue is not just limited to the state and he feels the film's title should be changed to Udta India. "For what it...
