Satluj
Satluj is a 2026 Indian biographical drama film directed by Honey Trehan and jointly produced by Ronnie Screwvala, Abhishek Chaubey and Trehan through RSVP Movies and MacGuffin Pictures respectively. The film is based on the life of the human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra. Written by Trehan with Niren Bhatt and Utsav Maitra, the film stars Diljit Dosanjh alongside Arjun Rampal, Kanwaljit Singh, Suvinder Vicky and Geetika Vidya Ohlyan. It follows Khalra's investigation into enforced disapp...
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Movie details
- Release date
- 03 July 2026
- Runtime
- 164 minutes
- Country
- India
- Languages
- Hindi, Punjabi
- Cast
- Diljit Dosanjh, Arjun Rampal, Kanwaljit Singh, Suvinder Vicky, Geetika Vidya Ohlyan
- Producers
- Ronnie Screwvala, Abhishek Chaubey
- Production company
- RSVP Movies
Spoiler-free synopsis
Satluj is a 2026 Indian biographical drama film directed by Honey Trehan and jointly produced by Ronnie Screwvala, Abhishek Chaubey and Trehan through RSVP Movies and MacGuffin Pictures respectively. The film is based on the life of the human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra. Written by Trehan with Niren Bhatt and Utsav Maitra, the film stars Diljit Dosanjh alongside Arjun Rampal, Kanwaljit Singh, Suvinder Vicky and Geetika Vidya Ohlyan. It follows Khalra's investigation into enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings carried out by Punjab Police during the Punjab insurgency of the early 1990s. The film faced several obstacles in its release, originally being titled 'Ghallughara', (and even subsequently 'Punjab 95') with its release planned in 2023. The Central Board of Film Certification ordered many alterations to allow it a certificate, making the filmmakers chose not to release it in theatres instead. Its release was stalled for 3 years, before being digitally released on ZEE5 on 3 July 2026. It received positive reviews from audience and the critics. The film was taken down from ZEE5 around 2 days later for Indian viewers. Later, the film was also removed from ZEE5...
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Editorial guidance
Context for discussing the story and deciding whether it fits your household.
Positive messages
Constructive themes or examples.The film can support discussion about responsibility, consequences, empathy, resilience and how characters respond to pressure. Families can compare constructive and harmful choices, consider how relationships and community expectations influence decisions, and talk about the cultural context of contemporary Indian cinema. Where the story is still sparsely documented, these themes should be revisited after viewing rather than assumed from publicity alone.
Negative behaviours
Conduct that may need context.Parents should be prepared to contextualise content details that are not yet documented scene by scene. The rating notes do not claim undocumented scenes, and the absence of a separately verified issue is not proof that every scene is free of mild profanity, romance, smoking, alcohol, frightening imagery or upsetting dialogue. For pre-release or lightly documented titles, promotional genre labels can understate or overstate the intensity of the finished film.
Topics to discuss
Conversation starters after viewing.Useful discussion topics include whether risky or harmful behaviour is challenged or normalised, what consequences follow aggression or deception, how family expectations shape individual choices, and whether characters show empathy under pressure. Parents can also discuss the difference between an official CBFC classification and this editorial age recommendation, particularly when evidence remains incomplete.
Final recommendation
Our family-viewing take
Recommended from about age 13. The strongest current concerns are content details that are not yet documented scene by scene. This is an editorial family-viewing recommendation based on the evidence available on 12 August 2026. For younger viewers, or when the film is still unreleased or poorly documented, waiting for fuller official or post-release content information is the safer choice; shared viewing is useful near the suggested threshold.
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