Punjab polls coming up .. it’s a lovey , vibrant state marred by those dark years of terrorism. This dark period so aptly captured in satluj on zee5 ..@diljitdosanjh is wonderful …
In 1991-1995, 25,000 Sikhs were illegally killed & mass cremated in Punjab. Over 15,000 were killed in Kashmir. In both, killers were personnel in uniform. In 1992-93, post Babri riots, over 2,000 people were killed. The man at helm 1991-1996: Narasimha Rao. Never forget
#Sutlej
As we remember khalra ji , we should not forget Shaheed Bhai Ram singh biling , Human rights journalist who was killed in the year 1992 for reporting Human rights violations in Punjab . It is shame how we have forgot such people 😔😔😔
Since when did the BJP actually start caring about Sikhs? And Sikh genocide 1984.
FACT: All the BJP's proxies are posting about "Punjab 95" “Satluj” they’re doing for the BJP's vote bank.
Satluj on zee5 is an absolute masterpiece...leaves you trembling by the end...@diljitdosanjh is immense in the lead, but every actor delivers a masterful performance...it's the sort of shattering cinema that stays with you for a long, long time...Kudos @HoneyTrehan and team!
“A man is not measured by how he lives, but by how he dies—for his country, for his people, or for what he believes in.”
Shaheed Bhai Jaswant Singh Khalra ♥️🙏
3 year battle with CBFC
120+ cuts demanded
Forced title changes
Denied theatrical release
And still- they released it uncut, kudos to the production team 🙌.
The darkest chapter in Indian history
A must must must watch 💯
Best Indian film of the year 💔
I have watched the entire movie, and literally nothing was problematic.
No real names were used except the protagonist's name.
So what did they actually removed the film for?
Movie Satluj by Diljit Dosanjh is a Chilling reminder of Punjab killing fields & an eye‑opener on the tragic, systematic killing of thousands of Punjabi youth in fake encounters during the militancy period.
Jaswant Singh Khalra, a bank director in Amritsar, turned human‑rights activist after 1984, when police were given sweeping powers to detain and eliminate “suspects” as alleged militants. He began investigating these fake encounters and quietly collecting records from municipal cremation grounds. In Amritsar alone, he found documentary evidence of 6,107 bodies of young people killed and then secretly cremated by the police.
Further research in other districts revealed thousands more such cases.
The National Human Rights Commission later published lists of identified bodies cremated by the police in the districts of Amritsar, Majitha, and Tarn Taran between June 1984 and December 1994, and both the Supreme Court of India and the NHRC accepted the authenticity of this data.
In its judgment in Prithpal Singh v. State of Punjab, the Supreme Court described Khalra as a human‑rights activist who exposed the abduction, killing, and illegal cremation of unclaimed bodies, noting that the police had been eliminating young persons on the pretext that they were militants and disposing of their bodies without record.
Based on his findings, Khalra estimated that more than 25,000 Sikhs may have been illegally killed and cremated by the state.
In his last rare speech in 1995 he gives an account of his tragic findings
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@diljitdosanjh@RonnieScrewvala@HoneyTrehan@rampalarjun #punjab95 #satluj @ZEE5India
KPS Gill was head pawn of ‘tyrannical system’ that massacred tens of thousands of Sikh youth.
However, today’s keyboard-warrior Sanghis glorify KPS Gill just to target Sikh community.
Thanks for sharing this @TinyDhillon.
Those of you who managed to watch the film in the past 24 hours, the responsibility is now on you to keep the conversation going. Keep reminding everyone of what this film and its makers have been going through!
#Satluj
Why has #Satluj movie been pulled off from @ZEE5India ? What’s there to hide in it ?
Everyone knows what #Punjab went through those horrific times. Let future generations also know the ills of terrorism.
Diljit Dosanjh's 'Satluj' is hailed as a powerful tribute to Jaswant Singh Khalra, with the review praising Honey Trehan's uncompromising portrayal of justice, memory and state violence.
✍️ Anuj Kumar
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