MP-RTI activist Saket Gokhale writes to govt expressing his protest after Diljit Dosanjh’s Satluj taken down from Zee5
Honey Trehan’s Diljit Dosanjh-starrer Satluj was dropped on Zee5 on Friday and was removed by Sunday evening. Even as many wondered why the film on human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra was taken down, RTI activist and MP Saket Gokhale wrote a letter to the Indian government questioning its removal. Diljit Dosanjh plays activist Jaswant Singh Khalra in Honey Trehan’s Satluj. Saket Gokhale writes to I&B Ministry Saket posted a copy of the letter he sent to Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Information and Broadcasting. “I was fortunate to watch the film ‘Satluj’ yesterday before an order, purportedly from your Ministry, forced the OTT platform Zee5 to take it down. I am not sure if you have watched the film but I would highly recommend that you do so in order to understand that you are doing a great disservice to our country by banning the film.” He further added, “Satluj is a gut-punch to everyone who is either unaware or ignorant of the events of 1995 in Punjab. The film remembers a human rights hero …




