Bollywood stars come in support of Udta Punjab's censorship

The upcoming movie Udta Punjab produced by Balaji Motion Pictures Ltd and Phantom Productions, is confronting deep trouble over its portrayal drug abuse and abusive content. The word Punjab has been ordered to remove from the title as well as its reference from the film by Censor Board of Film Certification (CBFC). To protest against the, the members of the film fraternity and the makers of the film will hold a press conference today, as per the report.

The name of Punjab is maligned by the film and Shahid's character from it only speaks abusive language, claimed Censor board Chief Pahlaj Nihlani. This censorship of Udta Punjab is creating a lot of stir in social media and Bollywood stars have arrived in support of Udta Punjab. Let's have a look at what they want to say:

#UdtaPunjab speaks of the reality of our times....censoring reality amounts to delusion.....the fraternity has to stand by what's right!!

— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) June 6, 2016

Let it fly....#UdtaPunjab ....

— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) June 10, 2016

The Censors says I am the one who says the last sentence on UDTA PUNJAB .The nation can say what it wants our verdict is going to stick.

— Mahesh Bhatt (@MaheshNBhatt) June 7, 2016

Are we (censor board) not reading the disclaimer at the beginning of films. It's fictional na? Hmmm.., maybe it isn't? #UdtaPunjabCensored

— Nikkhil Advani (@nikkhiladvani) June 7, 2016

CBFC is not someone's personal property.Our audience is mature enough to decide whether to get influenced or not by a film #CertifynotCensor

— Raj Kummar Rao (@RajkummarRao) June 9, 2016

Fight for #UdtaPunjab! These are our Rights for F's sake! #undemocratic #creative suffocation #sad @anuragkashyap72 @aliaa08 @shahidkapoor

— homiadajania (@homiadajania) June 9, 2016

Power is the most dangerous addiction of all & someone in the CBFC seems to be tripping hard on Lassi in the Sky with Diamonds. #UdtaPunjab

— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) June 7, 2016

Those who believe films can empower, educate and inspire change NEVER give in or give up. #CBFC #UdtaPunjab

— Dia Mirza (@deespeak) June 8, 2016

Certification not censorship. We the people of India will decide what films we want or do not want to watch. #CBFC #UdtaPunjab

— Dia Mirza (@deespeak) June 8, 2016

Delusion or collusion? Why is the establishment so scared of films that mirror reality? #UdtaPunjabCensored

— Hansal Mehta (@mehtahansal) June 6, 2016

U know a lot of people in our fraternity speak up for other causes, it's time we stood up for our own. #UdtaPunjab deserves a proper release

— Arjun Kapoor (@arjunk26) June 7, 2016

This one s for #UdtaPunjab s Tommy Singh urf @shahidkapoor !!! We all behind u n the film brother !!! pic.twitter.com/0Bpyu4428A

— Arjun Kapoor (@arjunk26) June 9, 2016

Priyanka Chopra came in support of Udta Punjab too. As per the report, at an event the actress talked about this by saying "Our forefathers achieved freedom of speech and expression for us after a long struggle... Creativity should not be stopped in democracy,"

Udta Punjab also got support from the BSP leader Mayawati as she said the movie only mirrored the reality of Punjab.