Bollywood celebs take to Twitter to voice their opinion on the Udta Punjab controversy.
Censor Board's Pankaja Thakur claims smoking should not be glamorised on screen.
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But there have been no visual cuts in this very violent film.
Golden girl Kangana Ranaut.
B-town stars spotted at the special screening of Udta Punjab.
Nihalani was chosen on the recommendation of Shatrughan Sinha.
'My tenure has been exciting and disappointing,' Samson says.
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The film releases on September 9.
Sources said there is a strong view in the EC that it should not restrain the release of the biopic on the prime minister and should leave it to the Central Board of Film Certification to take a call on the issue.
Hours after the Censor Board chairperson Leela Samson leveled charges that the government was interfering in the functioning of the body, the government has come forward and refuted Samson's charges, asserting that it has always maintained a distance from the certification process.
'I've always figured that it's the people who don't get laid enough, or well enough, who feel compelled to constrain and tear down anyone who looks as if they're having a good time.'
There was no law or autonomous body governing digital content in India so far. Now, OTT and other platforms, including digital news websites, are expected to fall within a governmental framework of rules and regulations.
'Rakesh Kumar has left our ministry looking compromised and embarrassed,' a senior officer from the I & B Ministry said.
The actor says it's unfortunate that the film has got so many cuts. Rajul Hegde reports.
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The film was screened at Cannes last year.
The NGO had yesterday moved the Supreme Court to stall the screening of the film.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'The very basis of film censorship lies in the fact that films are considered to be mass medium, and that raw emotions of cinema have the capacity to move you.' 'Which film has moved people into action in the last 40, 50 years?' 'No film.'
The court restrained the movie's director, producer and Central Board of Film Certificate from releasing the film on July three till further orders. The film stars Sunny Deol, Ravi Kishan, Sakshi Tanwar among others.
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'If the film is not released, there will be a loss of only Rs 200 crore.' 'But if it is released, for many years the soul and pride of our nation will be sold.'
Julie 2 does not rise above being a B-grade flick, says Urvi Parikh.
There will be more words that filmmakers won't be allowed to use.
TV actor Gajendra Chauhan is expected to take charge as FTII chairman on Thursday after an unprecedented and unsuccessful 193-day strike by the students opposing his appointment.
Pictures from the party.
'I am not a supporter of complete freedom of speech or expression on any social platform, but we must have the right to choose as adults in a personal space.'
Joshi said he does not want the 'dignity' of the prestigious event to be compromised by the Padmaavat controversy.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
The information and broadcasting ministry's business-like and result-oriented handling of several issues has set a template for other ministries to follow, says A K Bhattacharya.
'Hinduism is not a religion, but a way of life, a philosophy.'
The apex court said it will hear the matter on Tuesday and possibly can pass an order if the petitioner brings on record that what the film depicts is highly objectionable.
'Today, these fringe groups are demanding that Rajni sir's film be stopped.' 'What is there to stop them from doing the same with more films in the future?'
The Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena said the censor board's nod to the controversial film was "unfortunate". The Gujarat president of the outfit, Raj Shekhawat, made an open threat, saying the RRKS members would take the law into their hands if the film was not banned across the country.
'If we are capable of changing governments on the basis of our votes, we know what's good for us. Why can't we decide what is good for us to watch in the cinema?' Veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal discusses censorship in Indian cinema.
The Tamil version, however, will release in Andhra Pradesh.
From kicks to cuts, Subhash K Jha gives the latest Bollywood buzz...
The SC said there were enough guidelines to be followed by the censor board to grant certification of a film before its release
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