The Mastermind Jinda Sukha

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The Mastermind- Jinda Sukha
Directed bySukhjinder Singh Shera
Written bySukhjinder Shera
Jaswinder Shinda
Based onLetters from Jail
by Harjinder Singh Jinda [1]
Produced bySukhchain Singh
StarringNav Bajwa
Sonpreet Jawanda
Isha Sharma
Guggu Gill
Sunita Dhir
Music byJoy Atul
Production
companies
Singh Brothers Productions
Braveheart Productions
Release date
  • 11 September 2015 (2015-09-11)
CountryIndia
LanguagePunjabi
Budget2.5 crore (US$300,000) [2]

The Mastermind Jinda Sukha is 2015 Indian Punjabi-language film initially released 11 September 2015. [3] Film is based on letters exchanged by Harjinder Singh Jinda and Sukhdev Singh Sukha (the assassins of Indian Army chief Arun Shridhar Vaidya) during their imprisonment in Pune. [4]

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Cast

Cast of The Mastermind Jinda Sukha is: [5]

Shooting

The Mastermind Jinda Sukha is shot at Harjinder Singh Jinda's and Sukhdev Singh Sukha's villages. Its also shot at different locations of Pune city. But shooting at Gen Vaidya Marg (Old Anderson Road) was not allowed as its location falls in cantonment area for which film crew was not granted permission by Indian Army officials. [6]

Release

The Mastermind Jinda Sukha was to release on 11 September 2015 worldwide and was cleared by Central Board of Film Certification on 24 July 2015. [7] The certification was withdrawn on 9 September 2015, after Ministry of Home Affairs was alerted by Intelligence Bureau. [8] [9] Film critic and former member of the CBFC Shubhra Gupta criticised the ban and questioned censorship vs certification in India. [10] Other CBFC member and filmmaker Ashoke Pandit, also criticised CBFC chairman Pahlaj Nihalani’s decision to Ban the movie. [11]

Film was released overseas on 11 September 2015. [12]

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