Alia Bhatt to Kareena Kapoor, Ananya Panday to Malaika Arora, have jumped on the viral Instagram trend, sharing nostalgic throwback pictures from 2016.
'If you are trying to tell an authentic Punjab story, it's almost impossible that the NRI fascination or the NRI characters will not be a part of it.'
'You need the drishti, the experience. I am beginning to see things differently.'
'I insisted only Jaideep could play Inspector Haathiram Chaudhary.' 'Yes, Jaideep is a really good actor but this was not just about the performance.' 'Even that tired walk of him reflects the mood and theme of the show.'
The film will hit the screens on June 17.
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It is a tough task to put together a theme-based soundtrack for a film and make it interesting and entertaining enough to find an audience. Amit Trivedi and Shellee make it happen with Udta Punjab, writes Aelina Kapoor
The actor says it's unfortunate that the film has got so many cuts. Rajul Hegde reports.
The Central Board of Film Certification, however, submitted that all the 13 changes including deletion of Punjab in the film title suggested by its Revising Committee were justified and proper.
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Bollywood celebs take to Twitter to voice their opinion on the Udta Punjab controversy.
'Is there a connection between the way we pitched the entire issue of Udta Punjab's censorship and the apologetic, full-of-very-specific-answers tone of the movie?' 'Maybe it's just me, but as an Indian liberal, I am more scared of us liberals than I am of the average Indian conservative bloke,' says Sreehari Nair.
A look at the behind the scenes action from the film's making.
The film is set to release next Friday, June 17, but the makers of Udta Punjab are busy fighting the censor board.
Udta Punjab is a wake-up call, an important film and a mighty impressive one at that, carrying a loud anti-drug message, raves Sukanya Verma.
The Udta Punjab row continues...
And the controversy continues!
Whether the Udta Punjab makers cave in remains to be seen but here's a list of the ones who did.
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'When Shahid, Ishaan and I are together, it is a madhouse because we are all performers.'
'I support Udta Punjab because we must show the reality of Punjab.' 'If there is a problem, it should be highlighted, not hidden.' 'The truth must come out and people must know the harmful effects of drugs.'
Pahlaj Nihalani tries to downplay his role in the Udta Punjab controversy.
Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the weekend's whirlwind political developments in Punjab.
The hits and miss of the box office.
The NGO had yesterday moved the Supreme Court to stall the screening of the film.
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The order was given by Justice Gautam Patel on a petition filed by co-producers of the film Balaji Motion Pictures Ltd.
Shahid's heft is the only thing that keeps up the momentum in a mediocre rehash, dumbed down by flimsy motive and mindless bravado, sighs Sukanya Verma.
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Nihalani suggests that the producers should exercise more checks and curbs on the censor copy of their films.
The arrest was made after it was found that Dipak Kumar was linked to illegal torrent upload of the movie. He was arrested following the questioning by the cyber cell of the police, said Mumbai Police's Cyber Police Station..
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B-town stars spotted at the special screening of Udta Punjab.
'Deva gave me the chance to push myself as an actor after a long time.'
Much as we'd like it to, all hasn't changed. In our country, the revolution must be polite and careful not to offend. Still, Raja Sen assures, there is hope.
'The starting point of the Udta Punjab casting was that we didn't think stars would do a film like this, so we'd take non-stars. As the names kept rolling in and we had Kareena Kapoor and Shahid and Alia Bhatt, I was like yaar yeh ho kya raha hai?'
The film marks the second-most successful opening for leading man Shahid Kapoor after Shaandaar.
Udta Punjab truly soars when being its own madcap beast, profane and powerful and preening.
'When I am working on a series, be it Paatal Lok on Amazon Prime or Kohrra on Netflix, I never take it for granted that we will be back with another season.' 'It's only at the end of the season that I ask myself if I still have it in me to take the story further and if I would like to meet the characters again.' 'If the answer is yes, then I find ways to make the journey exciting for myself, like taking Inspector Haathiram Chaudhary to Nagaland.'
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
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