After a week of struggle, the makers of 'Udta Punjab' can perhaps breathe a sigh of relief. The film, which had run into controversy last week after CBFC refused to certify the film until it adhered to the 89 cuts that the board had demanded in the film, has been backed by Bombay High Court.
The Bombay High Court has said that they don’t find anything in script that questions the sovereignty or integrity of India. In its on-point observation, the HC stated, that the film simply depicted the menace of drugs in Punjab. It is entirely on makers to choose the setting, pattern, theme of the film, the court added.
The HC also told CBFC that there was no justification for asking deletion of signposts in the film. The court did not find anything that objectionable in the script that would malign the state in any way which CBFC had claimed it did.
The court asserted that a blanket ban on the movie 'Udta Punjab' cannot be justified. The HC observed that the ban is found to be interfering with the creative freedom. It is entirely on the makers to choose the setting, pattern, theme of the film, the court added.
The court said that they did not find anything in the script that questions the sovereignty or integrity of India and stated that the film simply depicted the drug menace in Punjab. The HC also told CBFC that there was no justification for asking for deletion of signposts in the film.
The court said that deletion of words like MP, MLA from the film as recommended by the censor board, cannot be justified. The court observed that the movie only makes a general reference to the term elections and does not seem to be have targeted the representatives of the people of a state as a whole.
The HC observed that the film does not seem to have been made keeping elections in mind.
The CBFC on Sunday, cleared the film with an 'A' certificate and 13 cuts. The CBFC had claimed earlier that film was 'anti-Punjab' and the language that was used was obscene in nature.
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