Kaum De Heere

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Kaum De Heere
Kaum de Heere Official Poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRavinder Ravi
Story byRavinder Ravi
Produced bySatish Katyal
Starring Raj Kakra
Sukhdeep Sukh
CinematographyShivtar Shiv
Edited byNaresh S Garg
Music byBeat Minister
Production
company
Sai Cine Productions
Release date
  • 22 August 2014 (2014-08-22)
Running time
121 minutes [1]
Country India
LanguagePunjabi

Kaum De Heere (English translation: Gems of the Community or Diamonds of the Community) is a 2014 Indian Punjabi-language biographical film by Ravinder Ravi based on the lives of Satwant Singh, Beant Singh and Kehar Singh, who assassinated Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India in 1984.

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On 29 August 2019, the Delhi High Court allowed the theatrical release of the film which had earlier been banned by the Central Board of Film Certification from public screening. [2]

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References

  1. "Kaum De Heere". British Board of Film Classification .
  2. "Kaum de heere THE TRIBUNE". Tribuneindia News Service.