HOW IT UNFOLDED

Bombay Velvet director Anurag Kashyap took to Twitter to vent his ire at the Censor Board and said there is no sense of freedom. The row over Udta Punjab escalated on Tuesday with Anurag hitting out at Censor Board chief Pahlaj Nihalani, calling him “oligarch” and “dictator” and that it was like living in North Korea.

@ ANURAGKASHYAP72

I always wondered what it felt like to live in North Korea... Ab to plane pakadney ki bhi zaroorat nahin...

I request Congress, AAP and other political parties to stay out of my battle. It's my Rights vs the Censorship. I speak only on my behalf. It’s my fight Vs a dictatorial man sitting there operating like an oligarch in his constituency of censor board, that's my North Korea Rest of you go pick your own fights. I will fight mine. So please don’t colour my fight with any political affiliation because there is none.

@OFFICEOFRG

Punjab has a crippling drug problem. Censoring #UdtaPunjab will not fix it. The gov - ernment must accept the reality and find solutions.

@MAHESHNBHATT

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. Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance. Is Pahalaj Nihalani listening?

Any movie or film which is not in the inter - est of state and which tries to defame Punjab should always be opposed Sohan Singh Thandal Punjab minister

Union minister Vijay Sampla hailed the Board move. He said any attempt to defame Punjab should be dealt with sternly.

@SIRJADEJA

They’re Perfectly Fine With A State Getting Ruined By Drugs Misuse & Mafia, What Baffles Them Is A Movie Made On It. Sigh! #UdtaPunjabCensored

@KARANJOHAR

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