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Satluj, also known during production as Punjab '95 and originally titled Ghallughara, is a 2026 Indian Hindi-Punjabi-language drama film directed by Honey Trehan. Based on the life of Sikh human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, the film stars Diljit Dosanjh in the lead role alongside Arjun Rampal, Suvinder Vicky, and Geetika Vidya Ohlyan. It was produced by Ronnie Screwvala's RSVP Movies and MacGuffin Pictures.

The film depicts Khalra's investigation into the alleged illegal cremation of thousands of bodies by Punjab Police during the state's insurgency period in the 1980s and 1990s, and his subsequent abduction and killing in 1995. Completed in 2022, the film spent more than three years in a certification dispute with the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), which sought as many as 127 cuts and a change of title, and was withdrawn from a planned premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival. It was ultimately released without cuts on ZEE5 on 3 July 2026 under the title Satluj, bypassing a theatrical release in India. It was removed from ZEE5's Indian catalogue two days later, on 5 July 2026, for reasons the platform did not disclose, while remaining available on ZEE5 Global outside India.

Jaswant Singh Khalra (Diljit Dosanjh), a bank manager in Amritsar, begins investigating a series of disappearances after inquiring at a police station about a missing friend's mother. His inquiry uncovers evidence of the mass illegal cremation of unidentified bodies by Punjab Police. State officials dismiss his findings, and after he travels to Canada to draw international attention to the killings, he is branded a traitor. Following his disappearance, his wife, Paramjit Kaur (Geetika Vidya Ohlyan), and a Central Bureau of Investigation officer continue the effort to hold the state accountable.^[1]

• Diljit Dosanjh as Jaswant Singh Khalra
• Arjun Rampal as a CBI officer
• Suvinder Vicky as SSP Sugga
• Geetika Vidya Ohlyan as Paramjit Kaur
• Kanwaljit Singh
• Varun Badola
• Jagjeet Sandhu

The film is based on the life of Jaswant Singh Khalra (1952–1995), an Amritsar bank manager and human rights activist who investigated the illegal cremation of an estimated 25,000 people by Punjab Police during the state's counter-insurgency operations.^[2] Khalra was abducted outside his home in September 1995 and later found to have been killed in police custody; a Central Bureau of Investigation probe and a Supreme Court of India ruling in Prithpal Singh v. State of Punjab affirmed the illegal cremations, and six Punjab Police officials were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.^[2]

Director Honey Trehan, who grew up in Tarn Taran district, has said Khalra was a well-known figure in the region during his childhood.^[1] The film was written by Trehan, Niren Bhatt, and Utsav Maitra, and edited by A. Sreekar Prasad. Filming was completed in 2022 under the working title Ghallughara, a historical term referring to the Sikh massacres of 1746, 1762, and 1984.^[3]

RSVP submitted the film to the CBFC in late 2022 under the title Ghallughara. The board's review concluded with clearance conditional on 21 cuts and a change of title, which RSVP appealed in the Bombay High Court.^[3] Around the same time, in September 2023, the film — retitled Punjab '95 — was withdrawn from its planned premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival; a source told Variety that political considerations were involved in the decision.^[3]

Over the following two years, the CBFC's demands reportedly escalated to as many as 127 cuts.^[4] Trehan and producer Ronnie Screwvala declined the cuts; Screwvala was reportedly asked not to screen the film abroad either after being pressured toward an out-of-court settlement.^[4] Dosanjh stated at the time that the cast would remove their names from the credits if cuts were made.^[4] The uncut film had the support of Khalra's family and Sikh religious organisations.^[4]

The film was ultimately released on ZEE5 and ZEE5 Global on 3 July 2026, without cuts, under the final title Satluj — a name change required in place of the earlier titles.^[3] The release was not preceded by conventional promotion. Dosanjh said in an Instagram Live broadcast that the version released was identical to the one he had watched in a private screening two years earlier.^[5]

On 5 July 2026, less than 48 hours after release, ZEE5 removed Satluj from its Indian catalogue "until further notice", citing unspecified "current developments" in a statement posted to Instagram; the film remained available on ZEE5 Global outside India.^[6] ZEE5 did not disclose a reason for the removal, and no government or court order had been publicly confirmed as of the reporting.^[7]

Dosanjh said he had expected the removal and had known of it in advance, which he said was why the film had not been promoted.^[8] Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal described the removal as "not mere censorship... an assault on our collective memory, truth, and freedom of expression".^[8] Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira noted that the film was based on facts affirmed by the Supreme Court's conviction of the police officials involved.^[8]

Reviewing the film for India TV News, a critic gave it 3.5 out of 5 stars, praising Dosanjh's restrained performance and the film's understated visual style, while writing that its editing left the runtime "feel[ing] heavier than necessary".^[9] The Hollywood Reporter India called it one of the strongest Indian films of the year, grouping it alongside Berlin and Kennedy as films set in India that share an unease with state power.^[10]

• Jaswant Singh Khalra
• Udta Punjab
• Censorship in India