The Udta Punjab film team managed to remove the movie from all online website as soon as it was leaked on Wednesday. The co-producer Anurag Kashyap has requested downloaders on Facebook to wait till Saturday till they decide not to pay for the movie. The controversial film was leaked online on Wednesday after the Bombay High Court passed the film with A certificate with only a single cut.
Anurag Kashyap Facebook post read: “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 blurray, and when i say this i also say that no one can stop your right to download a film. This time its a different fight, its 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 its 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.”
