Akali Dal to screen Diljit Dosanjh’s Satluj in ‘every village of Punjab’, Akal Takht to hold event at Sutlej river bank
The release and sudden takedown of Diljit Dosanjh‘s film Satluj has created a national debate. The film, directed by Honey Trehan, is based on the life and death of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra. After the film was unceremoniously removed from Zee5 just two days after its release there, many groups and organisations across India began to host public screenings. Now, the Shiromani Akali Dal has waded into the row, saying the party will screen the film ‘in every village and corner of Punjab’. Diljit Dosanjh as Jaswant Singh Khalra in Satluj. Shiromani Akali Dal to screen Satluj across Punjab On Wednesday, SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal wrote on X, “In every village and corner of Punjab, the SAD will screen the film ‘Satluj’ based on inhuman atrocities inflicted on thousands of innocent Sikh youth and Sikh personalities like Shaheed Bhai Jaswant Singh Ji Khalra during the Congress regime, so that our children and future generations can be thoroughly acquainted with the oppression inflicted.” Badal added in Punjabi that the film narrates the truth …
