Udta Punjab film Producer Anurag Kashyap  got trouble with the Censor Board and asked Union ministers for not taking action on the issue.

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has said “Punjab” cannot be separated from his film Udta Punjab singling out Censor Board chief Pahlaj Nihalani for lacerating criticism over the cuts that the board has ordered in the film.

The makers went to the board’s revising committee, which has asked them to remove all references to Punjab, politics and elections including from the title. However, what Mr. Kashyap told is that the film has left them in ‘limbo land’ because this has not been communicated to them in writing. “They haven’t given us a letter so we cannot go to the tribunal,” he said, “We have been left in a coma for the last five days and we are awaiting their letter.”

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi tweeted on Tuesday, “Punjab has a crippling drug problem. Censoring Udta Punjab will not fix it. The government must accept the reality and find solutions.” On Monday, Mr. Kashyap had tweeted the words “UDTA Punjab” to the PM. “My tweet to the Prime Minister was a cry of desperation. This is like the trial of Kafka,” Mr. Kashyap told, claiming that his calls to Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley had been unanswered for 10 days. “I have lost hope,” he said.