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Indian Filmmakers Fear Rising Censorship as Film Is Blocked

For roughly four years, Honey Trehan went back and forth with Indian film authorities trying to get his movie about a Sikh human rights activist into theaters. Censors demanded cut after cut, he said, eventually asking for 127 alterations before he gave up and took the film, “Satluj,” to a streaming platform earlier this month.