‘A REVOLUTIONARY ACT TO WATCH IT’: THE FILM INDIA’S CENSORS DO NOT WANT YOU TO SEE
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Director Honey Trehan decries ‘dystopian’ opposition to his film depicting crackdown on Punjab’s separatist movement For as long as he has been a film-maker, there is one story Honey Trehan has wanted to tell above all. Growing up in the Indian state of Punjab, Trehan saw firsthand the devastation wrought by police who carried out tens of thousands of killings and illegal cremations in the 1990s, as they cracked down on a separatist…
To those in Punjab, the period remains one of the darkest in India’s modern history. Jaswant Singh Khalra, the activist who exposed the crimes and was murdered in the process, is a national hero. Continue reading...
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- The Guardian: Director Honey Trehan decries ‘dystopian’ opposition to his film depicting crackdown on Punjab’s separatist movement For as long as he has been a film-maker, there is one story Honey Trehan has wanted to tell above all.
- The Guardian: Growing up in the Indian state of Punjab, Trehan saw firsthand the devastation wrought by police who carried out tens of thousands of killings and illegal cremations in the 1990s, as they cracked down on a separatist…
- The Guardian: To those in Punjab, the period remains one of the darkest in India’s modern history.
- The Guardian: Jaswant Singh Khalra, the activist who exposed the crimes and was murdered in the process, is a national hero.
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- Topic: UK — the feed headline centres on REVOLUTIONARY, WATCH, FILM, INDIA, CENSORS.
- Original feed: The Guardian.
- Published: 18 Jul 2026, 00:05 UK.
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