PM Urged to Stop Documentary on Lawrence Bishnoi

Byline: Subhash K Jha

Punjab Congress President Amarinder Singh Raja has sought the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to prevent the screening of Lawrence of Punjab, a documentary based on the life of notorious gangster Lawrence Bishnoi.

The series is scheduled to be streamed on Zee5.

In a letter to the Prime Minister, Raja said, “The movie/series aims to glorify someone who has been involved in so many gruesome crimes, including the brutal murder of the most popular Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala. We in Punjab have strong objections to this series for many reasons. One, Punjab is a holy land of Gurus, Rishi and Pirs. You have yourself spent a lot of time in Punjab. You know Punjab’s history and culture as much. Should such a holy land with a glorious history and culture be identified with a gangster? That is what the OTT series wants to project”

In light of such opposition, the fate of the documentary is not clear.