'ARTISTES AND ART ARE IN TROUBLE'

In the light of the censorship troubles faced by the film industry and his own film, Panjab ’95, producer Honey Trehan talks about suppression, thought control and freedom of expression

- NAMRATA JOSHI

HONEY Trehan’s Panjab ‘95 has been in the eye of the storm since 2023, when it was scheduled to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.

It was, however, pulled out at the last minute. Based on the life of the Sikh human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, the film stars Diljit Singh Dosanjh in the lead with Geetika Vidya Ohlyan, Suvinder Vicky, Arjun Rampal and Kanwaljeet Singh in prominent roles.