Balaji Telefilms hits one month high

Perseverance has its own rewards. The patience of Anurag Kashyap, one of the producers of Udta Punjab, to release the movie without much deletion has paid off. The movie will hit the cinema houses on June 23. Balaji Telefilms that produced the film, in association with Phantom Films of Anurag Kashyap, are enjoying the fruits.

On Tuesday, the stock of Balaji Telefilms opened with a gap up of 6 points at Rs 115.50. The stock has hit above its one month high and is trading nearly 6.3 per cent up at Rs 116 mark. The turnover as of now stands at 1.1 crore. The stock has hit 1 crore turnover (BSE) today after May 18 2016.

A division bench comprising Justices SC Dharmadhikari and Shalini Phansalkar, directed the Central Board of Film Certification to certify the movie within 48 hours and asked the production house to accordingly modify the disclaimer.

The movie is largely based on a cardinal issue, drugs, in the Punjab. According to the lead actors Alia Bhatt and Kareena Kapoor, the movie might wipe out the generation of drug addicts in Punjab where two thirds of households had at least one drug addict in 2009. The controversy could be a big bet for Shahid Kapoor with opening day collections of Rs 14-20 crore.