Author: Meera Krishnan
Meera Krishnan
(Meera Krishnan is a communication and public affairs expert. She writes on society, culture, film and entertainment)
Three hundred million years of survival, adaptation and sheer political staying power have taught the cockroach something humans are yet to learn: never give up, never resign and never switch off the kitchen light Let us begin with facts, since the rest of this piece will contain very few of them. The cockroach has been in continuous operation on this planet for something over 300 million years. This makes it older than the Mahabharata and older than the Odyssey. It is older than democracy, older than nationalism and, another detail I would ask the reader to contemplate, considerably older than…
Most films are reviewed, critiqued and discussed when they premiere in cinemas or on OTT platforms. Then there are the outliers, which become newsworthy because of the extraordinary journey they undertake merely to reach an audience. Satluj belongs to this latter category. For four years, the film remained trapped in an interminable battle with the censor board. Originally titled Punjab ’95, it reportedly attracted 127 proposed cuts before languishing in limbo. Eventually, the film resurfaced under a new title, Satluj, and quietly premiered on ZEE5 on July 3. Just when it appeared to have given audiences the chance to watch…
