With each passing day, a new development around ‘Satluj’ creates headlines. The biopic of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, starring Diljit DosanjhKanwaljit Singh, Arjun Rampal and Savinderpal Vicky, among others, were among the highest-rated Indian films on the popular ratings aggregator IMDb, until the ratings mysteriously disappeared.
“Satluj’s 9.5 rating is gone
When we checked the ratings aggregator website on Wednesday afternoon, ratings were available for other recent releases including Akshay Kumar’s ‘Welcome To The Jungle’. However, the 9.5 rating for ‘Satluj’ previously titled ‘Punjab ’95’ was completely missing.The film has been at the center of a massive controversy ever since it aired last week on Zee5, only to be pulled within two days. Before that, the Honey Trehan directorial had been stuck in limbo for years, with the Board of Censors originally calling for 127 cuts. Both Honey and Trehan had refused to have their names associated with the film if even a single cut had been made.
Writer ‘Satluj’ My Bhatt about the missing qualification
In a conversation with HT City, Satluj writer Niren Bhatt said he had no idea how or why the rating disappeared, and told the post, “Film kab aane wali thi, kab chali gayi humein pata nahi chala. Ab yeh IMDb rating ka… kisko problem tha, kya communication problem hitha, nahithako.” (We had no idea when the movie was coming out or when it was pulled. And now about that IMDb rating…who had a problem with it, what the problem was, there has been absolutely no communication. )
Sanjay Gupta Comments on “Satluj” rating removal
Filmmaker Sanjay Gupta also took note of the film’s sudden rating removal, sharing his thoughts on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday. Expressing his skepticism, he noted that the film had a stellar rating of 9.5 just a day before it disappeared entirely. Gupta remarked that while he has never really trusted or trusted these digital aggregator metrics, this incident serves as proof of how fabricated and unreliable they can be.
‘Satluj piracy is on the rise
Satluj lead actor Diljit Dosanjh had held an Instagram Live session after the film was dropped from ZEE5 on Sunday. During the session, he encouraged people to circulate links to the film if they had already downloaded it, stating that it was no longer possible to stop the film from spreading. The OTT platform later shared a statement on social media, asking viewers to wait until the platform brings back the film and urging them to refrain from consuming pirated copies of ‘Satluj’ in the meantime.