New Delhi: Aiming to help domestic smartphone manufacturers recover lost ground, the government has taken several measures in the recent past, like easing norms for local manufacturing and hiking customs duty on mobile phones. The efforts, however, have brought little cheer for the beleaguered local vendors, as Chinese players — now[Read More…]
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Interview: Nothing can stop release of ‘Padmavati’, says Deepika Padukone
A decade ago when she forayed into Bollywood, Deepika Padukone never imagined she would be a Sanjay Leela Bhansali heroine. Now, as she prepares for the release of epic drama “Padmavati“, which clocks her trilogy with the filmmaker, the actress is confident the movie will tide over the controversy, hit[Read More…]
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…]
Film on Amartya Sen stalls as director refuses to mute ‘Gujarat’, ‘cow’, ‘Hindu India’
After a clash with Central Board of Film Certification, the Argumentative Indian – a documentary on Amartya Sen by filmmaker and economist Suman Ghosh will not be released in Kolkata this week. The development took place as Ghosh has refused to follow the CBFC’s order to mute words like ‘Gujarat’,[Read More…]
Lipstick Under My Burkha’ director is ‘a liar’, says CBFC chief Pahlaj Nihalani
The clash between Pahlaj Nihalani – chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification, and Alankrita Shrivastava – director of the film Lipstick Under My Burkha is still continue. After the filmmaker talked about how she was treated by the CBFC when trying to get her film passed, Nihalani said,[Read More…]