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It's really sad that Satluj had to be removed from ZEE 5 so soon, even after getting so much love and so many positive reviews.

This movie already had a very difficult journey. It was delayed for years because of censorship issues, its title was changed from Punjab '95 to Satluj, and it finally released on ZEE 5 in its original uncut version after a long wait.

Many people had just started watching it, and now it's gone.

Still, credit to everyone who worked hard to bring this film to the audience. It was a brave attempt to tell an important story, and I hope Satluj returns so more people can watch it.

After years of delays, censorship issues, and endless waiting, Satluj finally found its way to ZEE5. It felt like justice had finally been done for the film and everyone who had waited so long to watch it.

And now, if the reports are true, it's getting removed in sometime today!

It's genuinely sad. A film that struggled for years to reach audiences deserved a proper run, not a blink-and-you'll-miss-it release. Many people probably haven't even had the chance to watch it yet.

Whatever your views on the film or its subject, this isn't how a movie with such a long and difficult journey should be treated.

Did anyone else manage to watch it before it disappears?

I went into Pritam and Pedro expecting another serious cybercrime thriller,but it turned out to be something quite different.

I liked most is that the cybercrime angle feels rooted in the scams we actually hear about today, like phishing, fake links, OTP fraud and online cons, instead of making everything about unrealistic "movie hacking."

That made the cases feel a lot more relatable. The biggest surprise, though, was the tone. Rather than going full dark and gritty, the show had light hearted, old-school comedy. It reminded me of the kind of

easy, entertaining comedies that used to be more common in the 2000s, and

Arshad Warsi's comic timing fits that style perfectly.

If you're tired of heavy OTT thrillers and want something that's fun and chill I'd say

it's worth a watch.

Rating: 8.5/10

In frame: Raakh actors

For context, i was watching a reel on instagram of a scene from this particular show, and it hit hard. I am probably very late, but this sub is for posts like these..

Season 1: The show opens all colorful, that period of my life when i loved everything, accademics, had friends, support, trust on myself etc. etc., which students like me lose as soon as we decide that we wanna be a part of this rat race, the season ends with vaibhav leaving prodigy and joining maheshwari, the colors return, it's his thoughts that he will become more succesful in this journey, it is also a transition. I was able to notice this that the makers change the color scheme whenever the protagonist's viewpoint changes.

Season 2: When Vaibhav listens to the speech of maheshwari classes' director, the colors again fade away, he realises nothing is different and he has to go through the same hardships as before, invest even more of his time and that too without friends.

Season 3: This one is the closest to my heart and hits the hardest. The show starts with the friends discussing questions, comparing marks and progress with each other and moving on, which was hella relatable in the last 6 months of my jee journey , exactly when this season came out. The ending of vaibhav not being able to make it, whereas others do, did not hit that hard at that time, but after my jee adv results came out in june 2025, i realised , i was exactly same as him, crying, vulnerable, in the need for support. In the end vaibhav doesnt reach out to jeetu bhaiya, the person he loved the most during these 2 years, and thats exactly what i did, i didnt have the courage to respond to teachers, whom i used to contact every other day to solve my problems.

This is the only season where colors don't appear in the end, because vaibhav hasn't transitioned completely out of the jee mind trap, he wants to do it again, win and do what he always yearned to do. The scene when jeetu bhaiya's car and auto rickshaw part ways, we can see that though the car moves away on another road, the auto just moves in a loop back into the kota city depicting that it's an endless loop, vaibhav is stuck in. This is a pain, he has never felt before.

And as for me, i used to be the best student in my class, used to score the highest marks, lost many friends because they started thinking of me as a competition. My best friend with whom i had started this prep(we were at absolute same level and used to score exact same marks), also ghosted me, but he did crack the exam. Though i never went to kota, the show brings out my raw emotions and the last scene now makes me feel everything vaibhav felt , and i felt on 2nd june 2025.

PS: I scored 99.06 in jee mains, but only a 10k rank in jee adv, which is not enough to secure a good iit.

I genuinely didn't expect this film to ever see the light of day after years of reports about the CBFC asking for 120+ cuts. Seeing it quietly drop on a Friday without much promotion was a bold move.

The film follows the journey of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra and also features Arjun Rampal, Suvinder Vicky, Geetanjali Kulkarni, and Jagjeet Sandhu in important roles. It's powerful, emotional, and easily one of Diljit Dosanjh's best performances.

From whatever I have watched, it doesn't feel like the heavily altered version many feared, which makes the release even more surprising.

Has anyone else watching Satluj yet? What do you think?

Everything lately feels like it's either a dark crime thriller or a full-on comedy.

I started watching Pritam & Pedro yesterday and it made me realise how uncommon comedy thrillers have become.It actually reminded me how much I enjoy stories where the mystery keeps you hooked but the humour keeps things light.I genuinely can't think of many Indian shows or movies that have balanced both genres well.

Which ones would you recommend?