Udta Punjab flies high in CM Badal's bastion

June 18, 2016 12:48

Hindutan Times reports: In spite of allegations that Anurag Kashyap's Udta Punjab paints the state in a bad light, the film received a positive response from moviegoers in many parts of the region.

Youngsters descended on movie halls in droves across Bathinda, the stronghold of the ruling Badals, besides other cities such as Amritsar, Jalandhar and Ludhiana.

Though Bathinda cinema halls witnessed low occupancy in the first show starting at 9.30 am, they ran housefull in the subsequent screenings. "The first show witnessed just 40% occupancy, but the subsequent ones more than made up for it," said Sandeep Bansal, duty officer at Big Cinemas.

While some viewers found Udta Punjab "close to reality", others took exception to the use of explicit language in the movie. However, there seemed to be a general consensus that it was a "must watch".

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