Actor Diljit Dosanjh immediately agreed Satluj Director Honey Trehan has said this after reading the first draft of the script. in an interview with middayTrehan said Dosanjh, who plays human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra in the film, remained standing The project and its story From the beginning. After reading the research behind the story, he recalled the 41-year-old saying, “Waheguru ji… Tell me when and where to come, you will find me there.”

Trehan’s comment came as follows Satluj Removed from OTT platform ZEE5 within 48 hours a surprising release. The film, which also stars Arjun Rampal, Kanwaljeet Singh, Suvinder Vicky and Geetika Vidya Ohlyan in lead roles, had to take a long journey of three years until it released on the platform.

Trehan said that Dosanjh had responded strongly even before he was formally told about the film. “Before I told him I wanted to make a film on Jaswant Singh Khalra, he immediately said, ‘There is only one story of Punjab worth making if it is not about 1984.’ I showed him my research book. He saw Mr. Khalra’s picture, picked up the book, placed it on his forehead and simply said, ‘Waheguru ji… tell me when and where to come.’ “You’ll find me there,” he said.

The director also said that Dosanjh remained patient during the difficult days of shooting, including delays and scheduling problems. He said, “There were days when he would report at six in the morning and I wouldn’t get his first shot till four in the evening because the schedule got messed up. I kept apologizing. Every time he would tell me, ‘Paji, no problem. Whatever you are doing, you are doing it for the film. I am here to support the film.'”

Dosanjh has been actively speaking about the film, its themes, the real-life story behind it and what it means.

Why was Sutlej removed from ZEE5?

On Tuesday, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said in a statement to the news agency ANI He Satluj Did not follow IT Rules, 2021And hence it was asked to be removed from ZEE5. In India, Censor Board certificate is not required to release any film or show on OTT platform. However, the Ministry expects self-regulation and compliance with the rules outlined in the IT Rules, 2021.

Satluj Earlier it was titled Punjab ’95 and follows real life story Of Jaswant Singh Khalra. The story is set during the 1980s and 1990s, a turbulent period in Punjab that included violent insurgency, demands for a separate state or Khalistan, and heavy-handed state counter-insurgency operations.

Khalra led an independent investigation that revealed the illegal abduction of thousands of “unknown” youth by local police and their secret cremation without informing their families. In 1995, shortly after taking his documentary evidence internationally, he himself was kidnapped and murdered.