Udta Punjab and controversy are almost synonymous now, even as the movie continues to deal with multiple issues ranging from its certification to now piracy.After fighting the censor board and getting the movie cleared with just one cut and an A-certification, the makers of
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Just two days before release, ‘Udta Punjab’, was leaked online. Phantom Films has filed a copyright theft case with the cybercrime cell. It is being speculated that the copy that was submitted to the censor board was uploaded on various torrentz sites.
The download links were removed later owing to copyright complaint.
Following the piracy issue, Bollywood celebrities have come out in support of the movie, urging fans to watch it in theatres.
From Aamir Khan to Bipasha Basu, Bollywood actors and actresses took to Twitter and backed Udta Punjab’s star cast and decried piracy.
Viruses in the #UdtaPunjab links! Anyone downloading it will have a virus attack!! What a way to combat this awful piracy! #piracydimaadi
— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) June 15, 2016
It's a film from the heart made for you all. And now it's in your hands. #piracydimaadi make it count you all. love and gratitude.#letitfly
— Shahid Kapoor (@shahidkapoor) June 15, 2016
Requesting you all plz watch #UdtaPunjab at theatres n plz dnt support piracy.we mk films fr u all to enjoy
— Prosenjit Chatterjee (@prosenjitbumba) June 16, 2016
Let's support free speech. Let's watch Udta Punjab only in theatres. Don't let pirates and piracy win. Love. a.
— Aamir Khan (@aamir_khan) June 16, 2016
Please watch #UdtaPunjab in the cinema this weekend! Don't succumb to online leaks! An honest film needs an honest audience....#LetItFly
— Tiger Shroff (@iTIGERSHROFF) June 16, 2016
Movie theatres r filled with dreams and entertainment,don't kill them ! say no to piracy #UdtaPunjab at a theatre near u 😊✌️
— Sidharth Malhotra (@S1dharthM) June 16, 2016
Films are made with the hard work & passion of everyone involved in creating them. Please don't support piracy.
— Shraddha Kapoor (@ShraddhaKapoor) June 16, 2016
Shocking how #UdtaPunjab has been leaked online. That too a censor copy. A lot of hard work goes into making a film pls say NO to piracy!
— Sonakshi Sinha (@sonakshisinha) June 16, 2016
A big #dishoom to the Pirates. Go watch #UdtaPunjab only in the theatre https://t.co/kdB13kaaVe
— Varun JUNAID dhawan (@Varun_dvn) June 15, 2016
Viruses in the Udta Punjab online leaked links that crashes systems !!!What a way to fight this disgusting menace !!! #PiracyDiMaaDi'
— Arjun Kapoor (@arjunk26) June 15, 2016
Please come out in large numbers and watch #UdtaPunjab IN THE THEATRES,like you were meant to. #LetItFly @FuhSePhantom @anuragkashyap72
— RichaChadha (@RichaChadha_) June 15, 2016
Please watch #UdtaPunjab in the cinema this weekend! Don't succumb to online leaks!! An honest film needs an honest audience....#LetItFly
— Bipasha Basu (@bipsluvurself) June 15, 2016
Absolutely! #PiracyDiMaadi #LetItFly #UdtaPunjab https://t.co/tB7lEndZ8a
— Dia Mirza (@deespeak) June 15, 2016
Guys pls watch #UdtaPunjab in cinema. Good luck @shahidkapoor :) chakde fatte:)
— King Mika Singh (@MikaSingh) June 16, 2016
#UdtaPunjab is meant for big screen experience not for online..watch it in theatres ..curb piracy..watch movies in theatres.
— satish kaushik (@satishkaushik2) June 16, 2016
#UdtaPunjab gives hope to honest film makers. Creative freedom will give us good cinema and stop the world from laughing at our films
— Arshad Warsi (@ArshadWarsi) June 16, 2016
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