The filmmaker also claimed that he had never downloaded a film on torrent in his life.
It seems like Udta Punjab is cursed. After a legal battle, the filmmakers of the movie have another headache as a version of the movie was leaked online, two days before its release. Reacting to the incident producer Anurag Kashyap took to Facebook to urge people to wait till Saturday to decide whether to download the film or not.
He wrote:
I have never downloaded a film on torrent, I don't know how to. Yes, occasionally I have seen downloaded films borrowed from friends and found a way to pay for them later, by buying them on DVD or blu-ray, and when I say this also say that no one can stop your right to download a film.
This time it’s a different fight, it’s a fight against censorship and if you are that audience that always downloads a film, then I won't ask you to not do that, please do, but wait till Saturday which is the day you would normally download a film. Piracy happens because of lack of access and in a world of free internet, I do not have a problem with it. My problem is that this time it’s a case of vested interests trying to demoralise people from fighting for their rights. So all downloaders of Udta Punjab , I urge, wait till Saturday till you decide to not pay for the film, don't download and share , curb the curiosity for two more days. Thank you for reading this.
Karan Johar asks audience not watch leaked version
Filmmaker Karan Johar has urged the audience not to watch the leaked version of "Udta Punjab" which is available online as it is not the correct way to view a movie. The Abhishek Chaubey film, which was mired in controversies with the censor board, was leaked on the Internet yesterday. "I would request all, please do not watch the leaked film online. Filmmakers make the films with a lot of hardwork passion and energy and to watch it on any other format other than the format that it was designed to be is incorrect, illegal. Please watch it in cinema halls and not online," Johar told reporters here.
When asked what does he search online, Johar quipped that he won't disclose that but said there is no filmmaker "who can function without the functions of google." At the event, Johar introduced the new features of the search engine and also engaged in his trademark rapid-fire round from his show "Koffee With Karan". The Supreme Court today refused to entertain the plea of an NGO seeking stay on the release of the film 'Udta Punjab' and asked it to approach the Punjab and Haryana High Court which is seized of the matter.
SC refuses to entertain plea to stay release of Udta Punjab
A vacation bench of justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and L.Nageswara Rao granted liberty to the NGO, Human Rights Awareness Association, to approach the High Court with its prayer. "We are not interfering in the matter. We are not going into the merit. Liberty granted to the petitioner to approach the Punjab and Haryana High Court which is seized of the matter," the bench said. The NGO had yesterday moved the Supreme Court to stall the screening of the film, while another plea by it had prompted the Delhi High Court to direct the producer to modify the promos by adhering to the Bombay High Court order.
The plea filed before the apex court bench sought a direction to restrain the screening of the movie on the ground that it depicted the state of Punjab in a "bad light". On June 13, the Bombay High Court had cleared the decks for the release of 'Udta Punjab' after ordering deleting of a urination scene and displaying a revised disclaimer as per which the makers would have to delete reference to Pakistan.
The Bombay High Court had also directed the film-maker to make additions to the disclaimer to the effect that the movie, its characters and the film-makers do not promote the use of drugs and abusive language, and the film is only attempting to depict the reality of drug abuse. In the Bombay High Court, Anurag Kashyap's Phantom Films had challenged the Central Board for Film Certification (CBFC) revising committee's order of June 6 directing for a total of 13 changes in the movie.
The Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Diljit Dosanjh starrer delves into how a large number of youth in Punjab have succumbed to drugs.
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