Satluj

When films like Kashmir files weaponize violence by a minority against the state's preferred community, they get praised by the government, tax breaks and red carpets but when a film like Satluj dares to expose the state's own brutal violence against a minority, it gets 127 suggested cuts for a theatrical fit and was removed within 48 hours when released on ott. Proof that flattering the dominant narrative gets you promoted, but telling the raw truth gets you erased whether it’s a movie or a person. Unironically the film is getting the same fate as Jaswant Singh Thirty years later, and has anything changed? Just last month Bharat Tiwari was killed by the police for raising his voice for the people, in a country where the line between police and goons is so thin, I can understand why the government would fear people seeing a film like this. This film truly deserves more & more eyeballs.