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Saying that Abhishek Chaubey's 'Udta Punjab' has run into trouble with the Censor Board would be an understatement. The film and the CBFC are now at loggerheads and none of the parties are in a mood to change their mind. The revising committee of the Censor Board has suggested as many as 89 cuts in the film, which stars Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Diljit Dosanjh in key roles. The committee also does not approve of the title 'Udta Punjab' as it wants 'Punjab' to be removed from it. Not only this, it even wants the film to be based in a fictional land.Quite obviously, the decision has left the makers of the film sad, shocked and angry. Director Anurag Kashyap, who is one of co-producers of the film, has come out in the open to express his displeasure over CBFC's decision. In a chat with Times Now, the filmmaker took on the Censor Board Chief, Pahlaj Nihalani. Anurag said that Nihalani is playing God in every filmmaker's life. Calling him an extremely egoistic man, he accused the Censor Board Chief of deliberately attempting to delay the film. He said that Nihalani knows the financial repercussions. In his fury, Anurag even went on to say, 'There is no logic that can make me understand that how is this man allowed to operate the way he does.'Kashyap, whose own directorial venture, 'Raman Raghav 2.0' is hitting the screens on June 24, 2016 didn't spare the I&B Minister, Arun Jaitley, too, alleging that the film industry is Jaitley's last priority.