We remain committed to exploring every appropriate avenue through due process to bring the film back to our audiences at the earliest opportunity," the statement concluded.
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Lead actor Diljit Dosanjh addressed the uncut release and title changes during a live broadcast prior to the removal.
"Our film has finally been released on Zee5.
Unfortunately, we couldn't keep the original title Punjab 95 for certain reasons so it is now called Satluj.
But there are absolutely no cuts in the film," he said.
Dosanjh added, "The version I watched in theatres two years ago is exactly the same one I watched at home last week.
If even a single cut had been made I would not have promoted the film."
He also noted the emotional weight of portraying Khalra.
"After this film, I had to take a week off to process everything that I went through portraying Jaswant Singh Khalra.
The scenes, the emotions, and the aspects of the character lingered on, so it took time for me to pull away from that."
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The domestic removal has sparked public comparisons to other politically sensitive films still available on ZEE5, such as The Kashmir Files, The Kerala Story, The Bengal Files, and The Kerala Story 2.
