Posts Tagged ‘Udta Punjab’

Best Of 2016 – Script Of Abhishek Chaubey’s ‘Udta Punjab’

Posted: December 27, 2016 by moifightclub in bollywood, cinema, rewind, Screenwriting, Scripts, Year end special
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As we have done in the past, this year too we are trying to source the scripts of some of the best bollywood films of the year. As most of you know, the scripts of Hollywood films are easily available online, even the unreleased ones. But we don’t have any such database of Hindi or Indian films. So that has been the primary reason for this initiative. And it has been possible only because some of the screenwriters and filmmakers have been very supportive about it. It’s only for educational purpose and much like the spirit of the blog, is a complete non-commercial exercise.

To read the scripts of best bollywood films of last few years, click here. From 2016, script of Neerja is here, Kapoor & Sons is here, Pink is here and Raman Raghav 2.0 is here. And sharing Udta Punjab in this post.

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Abhishek Chaubey’s Udta Punjab was easily one of the best films of the year. It captured the wide spectrum of the dark and depressing world of Punjab’s drug scene. The script written by Sudip Sharma and Abhishek Chaubey didn’t pass any judgements on the scenario of the characters but made them humane by looking deep into their environment. And yet, they smartly packaged it well to keep it in the space of mainstream bollywood.

Happy  reading!

Film : Udta Punjab

Director : Abhishek Chaubey

Written by :  Sudip Sharma & Abhishek Chaubey

 

VOTD : Q & A with Abhishek Chaubey & Sudip Sharma on Udta Punjab

Posted: June 28, 2016 by moifightclub in Q & A, video, VOTD
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Abhishek Chaubey’s Udta Punjab has been topic of much discussion, both pre and post-release. Navjot Gulati and Mihir Desai got the director-writer duo to talk about the film in a post-screening session.

Do watch.

 

When Bombay High Court Gave A Hulk-Smash To CBFC/Pahlaj Nihalani

Posted: June 10, 2016 by moifightclub in bollywood, News
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The issue of Udta Punjab’s censorship came up for hearing in Bombay High Court today. A bench headed by Justice S C Dharmadhikari was hearing a petition filed by Phantom Films. What happened next is popularly known as Hulk-smash. Check out the tweets.

HC indicates that it will set aside 12 cuts and will allow Udta Punjab to release with just 1 cut. The order will be pronounced on Monday, June 12th.

But going by the tweets, let’s just say #JaiJusticeDharmadhikari

Anurag Kashyap On Pahlaj Nihalani’s Allegation & Blatant Lies Of Paid Trolls

Posted: June 8, 2016 by moifightclub in bollywood, News
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anurag--300x300So after taking a hard stand with censorship, the trolls are out there creating diversion from the issue with blatant lies and accusations. Since I can not put up this post on Twitter, am writing it here.

I have had run ins with censor many times. First was Paanch which everyone still believes was banned by censors. The truth is the film was cleared by revising committee after a few cuts and two disclaimers, and the same version , the cleared one is available on the net.

Black Friday was cleared uncut by censors but were blocked by the court as the case was under trial. Finally Justice Sabharwal cleared the film for exhibition in two years from when it was blocked even before the verdict was out. A lot of film stayed intact except some references to Shiv Sena that were cut out under pressure.

Gulaal was never caught up in any censor issue, the film had few references muted in one dialogue. It was stuck in production. Most of the lists the trolls are floating on the net of a million cuts on every film are lists of cuts made for TV of the adult films.

Ugly was never stuck with censor board, it was cleared. We decided to push the film to fight the health ministry on anti-smoking logo. It was our decision to fight the then government and we lost the case, in Court. Film came out intact.

Water was not allowed to shoot at all and that was not during the UPA government, and that’s when first time I met Mr. Jaitley and was an admirer of his since. But in all the battles, I never felt that I was being silenced or blackmailed into doing something against my will. All those battles were a fair fight of belief systems, all those fights were not being lost, not knowing what’s going on. All those battles we knew who and what the enemy was, be it a person, a thought or just the understanding of the board.

This one is different. This was blackmail, this has been a wall of lies. We got the official letter in a day after going to press and immediately after the first hearing of the court. We have a signed acknowledgement from Mr. Nihalani’s office dated yesterday 7 th June, which requests him to give us the official copy. So him saying he gave the letter on Monday is a lie and proof of all his lies. Him pressurising us to delay release, and accepting cuts is and was a thought through strategy. His accusing me of taking money from AAP is not just a lie, is a diversion from the real issue to make the fight for a filmmaker’s right into a political battle. And in this he is being helped by all the trolls to make sure that the real issue somewhere is lost in the political blame game.

So I request to not get involved in any rumour mongering and let us stick to the real honest issue of freedom of expression, and free thought, and, our rights as film makers versus the censorship. No, I am not a member of AAP or Congress, nor do I associate with any other political party. I have made more films without a fees than anyone else and I don’t take money that is not earned from anyone. Thank you.

– Anurag Kashyap

Leela Samson (Ex-CBFC Chairperson) On The Udta Punjab Controversy

Posted: June 8, 2016 by moifightclub in bollywood, News
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Leela Samson, the ex-chairperson of Central Board Of Film Certification (CBFC) wrote this post on her Facebook. And it’s going viral, for all the right reasons. We thought that it’s important for more people to read it. So we are sharing it here.

Udta Punjab – a film made by some of the country’s boldest and finest industrywalas! Yet another film and its slaughter at the hands of the CBFC – that is made into a national news item and flogged to death with opinions intended to fan more debate and endless hours of controversy. Have we not had enough? Enough opportunity to talk to each other, to debate the issues of certification and its down-face – censorship.

There are 3 parties involved. That’s already one too many. It should be just the industry and what should be an empathetic CBFC board. The board exists because cinema exists and is a critics art form, a creative platform for debate on the life we live.

But who appoints the Board? The members of the Viewing and Reviewing committees? The Ministry.

Who dictates which officials will be placed in Mumbai? The Ministry.

Who makes policy? The Ministry.

Who runs the Film Festivals? The Ministry.

Who sets up an Enquiry committee as was just done? The Ministry.

The point Anurag, is that the industry ought to know by now that this act of certification should be transferred to an internal body within the industry. Self regulation is the only regulation that should exist! This goes for every individual as well. Those who do not like it, should not see it.

Turn the switch off for heavens sake!

Art is not compulsory.

Get together.

Fight for it. It’s the good fight.

Everything else, boards, committees – they are a sham!

This is dhool in our eyes. Kuch nahin hoga.

I know you won’t see this Anurag, as we are not Facebook friends.