Toofan Singh (film)

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Toofan Singh
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Directed byBaghal Singh
Written byDilbag Singh
Produced byDilbag Singh
Starring Ranjit Bawa
Shefali Sharma
Yashpal Sharma
Raza Murad
Avtar Gill
Jarnail Singh
Release date
  • 2017 (2017)
Running time
142 minutes [1]
CountryIndia
Language Punjabi

Toofan Singh is a 2017 Indian Punjabi-language biographical drama film directed by Baghal Singh and starring Ranjit Bawa as the Sikh militant Toofan Singh. [2]

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Though the Indian Central Board of Film Certification refused to certify and banned the film in 2016, it was released internationally in 2017. [3]

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References

  1. "Toofan Singh". British Board of Film Classification .
  2. "Censor board refuses to clear movie on Khalistani militant". hindustantimes.com. 13 July 2017.
  3. Sharma, Dishya (24 August 2017). "Prasoon Joshi bans Toofan Singh: Here's all you need to know about the controversial Punjabi movie". International Business Times, India Edition.