23 Important Quotes From The Udta Punjab Press Conference Today!

Udta Punjab trailer launch

The Udta Punjab verdict has us all celebrating. The film has been cleared with just one cut and the movie’s team held a press conference today to address all the conversations around their project. Present at the do were the film’s cast – Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Diljit Dosanjh – along with Vikas Bahl, Anurag Kashyap, Ekta Kapoor and others.

Here are the most important quotes from the event:

We didn't know we'll be in this position 10 days ago. The verdict has been fantastic- Vikas Bahl. #UdtaPunjab

— Team MissMalini (@TeamMissMalini) June 14, 2016

"The movie WILL release on 17th June" – Vikas Bahl. #UdtaPunjab @diljitdosanjh @shahidkapoor @aliaa08 @EkmainaurEktu7 @anuragkashyap72

— Team MissMalini (@TeamMissMalini) June 14, 2016

"I think we're all representing the movie and not a particular state"- @shahidkapoor #UdtaPunjab

— Team MissMalini (@TeamMissMalini) June 14, 2016

"From a personal point of view I'd like the movie to be passed with no cuts" – @shahidkapoor #UdtaPunjab

— Team MissMalini (@TeamMissMalini) June 14, 2016

"Me and @aliaa08 are too new for this censorship issue, there are others have worked harder" – @shahidkapoor #UdtaPunjab

— Team MissMalini (@TeamMissMalini) June 14, 2016

"We couldn't have done it without @anuragkashyap72's absolute faith going ahead with this" – @shahidkapoor #UdtaPunjab

— Team MissMalini (@TeamMissMalini) June 14, 2016

"When I heard about the cuts that were being suggested, my first question was 'why?' 'but how?' 'it makes no sense'- @aliaa08 #UdtaPunjab

— Team MissMalini (@TeamMissMalini) June 14, 2016

"The teams have worked together and the distributors supported us, we're having the best kind of release for this film" – @EkmainaurEktu7

— Team MissMalini (@TeamMissMalini) June 14, 2016

"Many smaller movies are suffering due to censorship,need to change the system and Mr @arunjaitley has spoken about that" @anuragkashyap72

— Team MissMalini (@TeamMissMalini) June 14, 2016

"We have humongous problems with Mr. Nihlani, we as an industry need to come together"- @anuragkashyap72 #UdtaPunjab

— Team MissMalini (@TeamMissMalini) June 14, 2016

"We usually show movies which only show the beauty of the world, we need to show reality too – @shahidkapoor pic.twitter.com/LMhBZYu5Gh

— Team MissMalini (@TeamMissMalini) June 14, 2016

"Happiness is devoid of any conflict, I feel relieved" – @shahidkapoor #UdtaPunjab

— Team MissMalini (@TeamMissMalini) June 14, 2016

"We went to the High Court because we weren't given the letter which authorized us to go the Tribunal" – @anuragkashyap72 #UdtaPunjab

— Team MissMalini (@TeamMissMalini) June 14, 2016

"Today's kids download Game Of Thrones instead of watching the censored version on TV, it's the age of information" – @anuragkashyap72

— Team MissMalini (@TeamMissMalini) June 14, 2016

"The release didn't happen only because of Balaji & Phantom,it released because of directors, producers, media & judiciary"@EkmainaurEktu7

— Team MissMalini (@TeamMissMalini) June 14, 2016

"My fight with the Censor Board over Black Friday was still a fair one. This was more of a power game"- @anuragkashyap72 #UdtaPunjab

— Team MissMalini (@TeamMissMalini) June 14, 2016

"Definitely this is the toughest part I've played, im so glad @shahidkapoor gave the script to me" – @aliaa08 #UdtaPunjab

— Team MissMalini (@TeamMissMalini) June 14, 2016

"Stop judging people on a 1 min trailer, it's a 2 hour 20 min film. Give some credit to the people involved with the film" – @shahidkapoor

— Team MissMalini (@TeamMissMalini) June 14, 2016

"People didn't have a problem with the title of Dallas Buyers Club when it had the name of a place, the movie won an Oscar"- @shahidkapoor

— Team MissMalini (@TeamMissMalini) June 14, 2016

"Maine Aankhen dekhi hai, Shola Aur Shabnam ki hai, mujhe dono mein bahut mazaa aaya" – @anuragkashyap72 #UdtaPunjab

— Team MissMalini (@TeamMissMalini) June 14, 2016

"Black Friday ke time pe yeh hota, toh I'd understand because budget nahi tha but in #UdtaPunjab we had a publicity budget" @anuragkashyap72

— Team MissMalini (@TeamMissMalini) June 14, 2016

Film choose karne ka ek hi kaaran tha because Punjab ki picture thi, mujhe laga yeh mera best debut ho ga" – @diljitdosanjh #UdtaPunjab

— Team MissMalini (@TeamMissMalini) June 14, 2016

Can’t wait to watch this one! :D