#365DaysOfWriting – Day Thirty-Four
The Curious Case of Udta Punjab
I was looking forward to this movie bhench*d.
But the censor board had to f*ck it up.
A messiah stepped in and did g*nd phod.
His name, my friends, is Anurag Kashyap.
This whole Udta Punjab fiasco has been like a silly limerick, really. A state government trying to absolve itself of all the drug problems in the state. A ‘censor’ board playing big brother, trying to ‘uphold Indian values’. Quick, someone get Ekta Kapoor on the line – I think we’ve hit upon a fantastic idea for her next soap opera.
Grow up, censor board – you clumsily trying to ‘censor’ this film only gives us more incentive to watch it in full. Or wait, maybe we’ve been reading this wrong – what if this was all part of some grand scheme by the government to popularise the movie? No, no such luck sadly.
Anyway, whatever I say on the matter pales in comparison to the 3rd degree burn the censor board got from the Bombay High Court – read all about it here. After that, the only honourable thing for Pahlaj Nihalani to do would be to resign and go and bury his head in the sand… oh wait, he’s already doing the second thing.
