‘Punjab 95’: First look of Jaswant Singh Khalra biopic out, Diljit Dosanjh’s film to premiere at TIFF

The first look of ‘Punjab 95’, a biopic on activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, was unveiled by Ronnie Screwvala's production house RSVP Movies on July 24.

It has been announced that the Diljit Dosanjh starrer will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival 2023.

Sharing the first look on social media, Diljit Dosanjh wrote, ‘Waheguruji ka Khalsa Waheguruji ki Fateh! World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Presenting the first look of Punjab ‘95, a compelling story based on the life of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra Ji’.
Directed by Honey Trehan, ‘Punjab 95’ also stars Arjun Rampal and Suvinder Vicky in main roles.
The movie was initially titled ‘Ghallughara’.

It was recently in the news after the makers moved to the Bombay High Court against CBFC (Central Board of Film Certification) for delaying the censor certificate for more than six months and ordering 21 cuts.

For the unversed, Jaswant Singh Khalra was the human rights activist instrumental in discovering evidence of abduction, murder, and cremation of thousands of unidentified persons by the police.

His investigation, concerning 25,000 illegal cremations in Punjab during the militancy period from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, sparked worldwide protests.

Khalra disappeared in 1995. Initially, the Punjab Police treated his death as suicide but in 2005, six Punjab police officials were convicted and sentenced to seven years imprisonment for Khalra's abduction and murder.

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