{"id":28628,"date":"2026-09-25T11:31:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=28628"},"modified":"2026-09-25T11:31:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:31:31","slug":"umar-khalid-nalsar-students-screen-umar-khalid-docu-after-screenings-cancelled-at-iiit-h-nlsiu-hyderabad-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=28628","title":{"rendered":"Umar Khalid: NALSAR students screen Umar Khalid docu after screenings cancelled at IIIT-H, NLSIU | Hyderabad News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134475145,imgsize-476656,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/nalsar-students-screen-umar-khalid-documentary-after-screenings-cancelled-at-iiit-hyderabad-nlsiu.jpg\" alt=\"NALSAR students screen Umar Khalid documentary after screenings cancelled at IIIT-Hyderabad, NLSIU\" title=\"The screening was a private event restricted to students.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"The screening was a private event restricted to students.\">The screening was a private event restricted to students.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hyderabad: The screening of Umar Khalid\u2019s documentary, <span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Prisoner No. 626710 is Present<\/span>, which was cancelled at the International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIIT-H), and National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru, was held at NALSAR University of Law in the city on Wednesday evening.<!-- --> A group of students who independently organised the \u201csolidarity screening\u201d said it was held to offer an opportunity \u201cto engage directly with the film\u2019s questions about rights, accountability and the human cost of prolonged incarceration, while expressing solidarity with those affected by these failures of the justice system\u201d.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>The screening was a private event restricted to students.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/>\u201cThe film raises urgent concerns about the delay in the justice system, and about undertrial prisoners being kept in custody for years without their trials even beginning,\u201d one of the students told TOI via email. <!-- -->\u201cWhen a person remains imprisoned for six years without trial, the delay itself becomes a serious denial of justice. Law cannot, and should not, be used as a tool of violence without convictions. The process cannot become the punishment,\u201d the email added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>NALSAR students have called on student bodies across universities to organise similar screenings of the documentary.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>The documentary has not been certified by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). The board has stated that screening an uncertified film would violate the Cinematograph Act unless a specific exemption has been obtained.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>Last week, the screening at IIIT-H was cancelled after the CBFC flagged the issue on X. The institute later said that the proposed event had not been organised or authorised by its management. At NLSIU, too, the event, which was initially postponed, was later cancelled after organisers said they faced threats of criminal action, intimidation, doxxing and other forms of harassment.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/><span class=\"em\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Prisoner No. 626710 is Present<\/span>, directed by filmmaker Lalit Vachani, is a documentary about Khalid, tracing his journey from student activist to his arrest in 2020 and subsequent incarceration.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>Meanwhile, NALSAR vice-chancellor, Prof Srikrishna Deva Rao, said, \u201cNALSAR University of Law did not authorise screening of the documentary film Prisoner No 626710 on its campus. No official permission for the same was given to anybody by any University authority,\u201d<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/hyderabad\/nalsar-students-screen-umar-khalid-docu-after-screenings-cancelled-at-iiit-h-nlsiu\/articleshow\/134469569.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The screening was a private event restricted to students. Hyderabad: The screening of Umar Khalid\u2019s documentary, Prisoner No. 626710 is Present, which was cancelled at the International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIIT-H), and National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru, was held at NALSAR University of Law in the city on Wednesday evening. 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