Satish Kaushik opens up about HC judge referring to his film, ‘Kaagaz’; says it shows how good cinema can influence society and bring healthy changes | Hindi Movie News

Satish Kaushik’s ‘Kaagaz’ was recently used as a reference in the Delhi High Court. Recently, the court heard a plea where a woman appealed to rectify her date of birth incorrectly mentioned in her Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) marksheet.

Speaking about the same, the filmmaker-actor said that you feel a sense of achievement when a High Court judge refers to your film for a verdict in a court case. According to him, it shows how good cinema can influence society and bring healthy changes.

The senior actor also went on to add that after Kaagaz’s release, some people who were declared dead on official records, were announced alive by the district authorities in Uttar Pradesh. All this praise has encouraged him to tell the stories of trials and tribulation of a common man, Satish told Hindustan Times.

In the judgement, the bench of Justice Chandra Dhari Singh reportedly quoted from Kaagaz, and said that the “film depicts the pangs and plight of people for papers at the pedestals of bureaucracy — the treatment that is meted out to poor people and how those without power and influence are made running from pillar to post”.

The Court also added that the film was set in the 1970s and it remains to be introspected how much the situation has improved 50 years hence. It also directed the CBSE to correct the entries in the marksheet of the petitioner with reference to her corresponding birth certificate.

‘Kaagaz’ starred Pankaj Tripathi in the lead role.