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The team of Udta Punjab film Anurag Kashyap, Vikas Bahl, Madhu Mantena, Ekta Kapoor, Shahid Kapoor, Aalia Bhatt, Diljit Dosanjh and the director Abhishek Chaubey came together to thank All who supported the movie and to celebrate their victory against the Bollywood board of certification. Udta Punjab film has been much in demand over the rift between the board of certification and the makers of the movie over the cuts that were given. The movie has been passed with only one cut but after very long process.
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When Anurag Kashyap said if he wants Pahlaj Nihlani to be sacked he futher aded, "We do have a humongous problem with Mr Nihalani, but even if he is removed, who'll come in his place? It is the system that needs an overhaul. No doubt, the Cinematograph Act of 1952 is stale and needs a relook. But both Gangs of Wasseypur & Dev D were released under those exact same guidelines. I fought for Black Friday too. But that felt like a fair fight. This (Udta Punjab film) didn not. This time, it was the world that was telling us your movie is banned, almost there are so many cuts."
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When he asked by reporter if at this time any political party lended him support or made calls to him, he said, "When the issue Beggens, no one from Balaji or Phantom was talking to the media, because we just wanted to get our movie released. But there were all these stories about 'so many cuts' etc, and we don not know where they were coming from. I did get calls (from some political parties), but I very vehemently and clearly told them to stay out of it, and that's when I had gone and put out the tweet on twitter to ask everyone to stay out of it."
Madhu Mantena, Ekta Kapoor and Vikas Bahl also expressed appreciation that the film received this kind of support and it would not have been this kind a victory without everyone's support.
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Shahid requested everyone to start calling the board as board of certification and not the censor board. Shahid Kapoor futher added, "We have to stop judging a movie after seeing a one-minute promo. Watch the movie first. The purpose of our film is humane. So please view the movie and then we will be happy to answer what ever you have to ask." Says Shahid Kapoor