Satluj

"One man's search for truth exposes thousands of buried secrets."

2026 2h 44m HI

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★8.0TMDB · 23

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Synopsis

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Triggered by the search for his missing aunt, human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra takes on a broken system in a courageous fight to uncover the conspiracy behind thousands of disappearances and extrajudicial killings during the nadir of Punjab’s period of insurgency.

“One man's search for truth exposes thousands of buried secrets.”

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Cast

Diljit Dosanjh
Jaswant Singh Khalra
Arjun Rampal
Samudra Singh
Suvinder Vicky
SSP Surjit Singh Sugga
Geetika Vidya
Pammi (Paramjit Kaur)
Kanwaljit Singh
DGP Inderpal Singh Bitta
Saurabh Sachdeva
Senior Constable Satnam Singh
Jagjeet Sandhu
SPO Kuljit Singh
Nassar
SP Varma

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Honey Trehan
Writers: Utsav Maitra, Honey Trehan, Niren Bhatt
Languages: Punjabi, Hindi, English
Countries: India

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 164 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $4.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Punjabi, Hindi, English.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Honey Trehan, shot by K.U. Mohanan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Debarpito Saha. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Sreekar Prasad shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Diljit Dosanjh and Arjun Rampal and Suvinder Vicky carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Honey Trehan directs. K.U. Mohanan behind the camera. Debarpito Saha scores. Sreekar Prasad cuts. A long sit — settle in. Produced in India. Dialogue in Punjabi, Hindi, English.

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Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 164 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Shot for just $4.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.
4Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Punjabi, Hindi, English.
5Directed by Honey Trehan, shot by K.U. Mohanan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Debarpito Saha. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Sreekar Prasad shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Diljit Dosanjh and Arjun Rampal and Suvinder Vicky carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "One man's search for truth exposes thousands of buried secrets.".
10IMDB entry: tt28089784 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Only 23 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.