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Censor Board banned 793 films in 16 years: RTI

Censor Board banned 793 films in 16 years: RTI

Lucknow: The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) banned a total of 793 films in 16 years, an RTI response has revealed. Nutan Thakur, a city-based activist, has been told that between January 1, 2000, and March 31, 2016, the censor board refused to “grant a certificate for exhibition to[Read More…]

'Cheat India' title change after CBFC objection

‘Cheat India’ title change after CBFC objection

Mumbai, The title of forthcoming Bollywood film “Cheat India” has been changed to “Why Cheat India” after the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) expressed concern over it, the makers have said. A statement issued on behalf of the film’s producers — T-Series Films, Ellipsis Entertainment and Emraan Hashmi Films[Read More…]

‘Pari’ co-producer stunned by film’s ban in Pakistan

Mumbai: Evil has no religion, says “Pari” co-producer Prernaa Arora of KriArj Entertainment after the Bollywood horror film was banned in Pakistan for being against religious ethos. According to Pakistan Censor Board chief Mobashir Hasan, “Pari” was declared “unfit” for public exhibition by a panel followed by Central Board of[Read More…]

Lipstick under my Burkha: Must watch or just hyped? Know here.

Lipstick under my Burkha: Must watch or just hyped? Know here

Director Alankrita Shrivastava’s movie Lipstick Under My Burkha released on Friday and has garnered the positive response from the critics as well as the audience. The movie starring Konkona Sen Sharma, Ratna Pathak, Aahana Kumra and Plabita Borthakur was banned by the censor board for its inappropriate content. However, this movie proved it that sometimes a threat of the ban is the best[Read More…]

Despite Nihalani’s disapproval, director releases trailer of ‘The Argumentative Indian’

Despite Nihalani’s disapproval, director releases trailer of ‘The Argumentative Indian’

Even after the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) refused to certify the documentary, ‘The Argumentative Indian,’ based on Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, filmmaker Suman Ghosh has uploaded the trailer on Facebook. CBFC chief Pahlaj Nihalani objected to four words in the documentary including “cow”, “Gujarat”, “Hindutva” and “Hindu India,”[Read More…]

Lipstick Under My Burkha: Bollywood slams censor board’s decision to deny certificate

Shyam Benegal, Sudhir Mishra, Neeraj Ghaywan and many others have criticised the censor board’s decision to refuse certificate to Prakash Jha’s production “Lipstick Under My Burkha”. Thhe examining committee of the Central Board of Film Certification committee had refused to certify Alankrita Shrivastava-directed movie Lipstick Under My Burkha citing reasons[Read More…]





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