Bollywood heroines generally avoid taking on the Central Board of Film Certification or its chief but Bidita made has no bones about how she feels over the CBFC's cuts in her film.
India has been named the first-ever 'country of honour' at Marche du Film, the business counterpart of the Cannes film festival.
The committee is scheduled to meet on Thursday.
'Everyone is entitled to their opinion because we live in a country like India and not a place where Shalini is taken, where forget having an opinion, women can't even talk to their family on the phone.'
The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using Censor Board chief Pahlaj Nihalani as a pawn to further his chances in the polls next year by playing politics over the upcoming controversial film, 'Udta Punjab'.
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'Stop using the censor board as a means to get publicity for films,' the censor chief warns filmmakers.
Censor boards in Islamabad and Karachi have decided to ban the film because it portrays a negative image of Muslims and the negative characters in the film also have Muslim names.
'It's a clean wholesome film to be enjoyed by the whole family.'
'Since the entire Sarkar team takes Vijay's wish as the final word, they were adamant not to succumb to government pressure.'
Aryan had become the first film in Kannada to officially announce its release date before getting a censor certificate.
Censor Board chairperson Pahlaj Nihalani has taken a decision to clear all promotional clippings and trailers of films within 24 hours.
Against the backdrop of the controversy surrounding Kamal Haasan's film 'Vishwaroopam', Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari on Thursday said there was a need to "revisit" the Cinematograph Act to ensure decisions of the Censor Board are implemented.
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'As the film was suppose to release on December 1, there are over 50 countries where this process (of certification) is on.'
The SC said there were enough guidelines to be followed by the censor board to grant certification of a film before its release
A sequence showing a female character being slapped during a police interrogation has been axed from Nishikant Kamat's Drishyam by the Censor Board.
The censor board has passed Ki & Ka with a UA certificate.
A controversy has erupted over the portrayal of the Jat king of Bharatpur in the movie.
The Censor Board Of Film Certification(CBFC) has struck again.
"Have you (counsel for the petitioner) seen the film? Have the people, who are burning cinema halls seen the film? By this kind of petitions you are encouraging the people who are agitating," the bench observed.
It was perhaps for the first time that any parliamentary panel deliberated on a film before it had been approved by the censor board.
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The meeting lasted for nearly two and a half hours.
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'The makers of The Accidental Prime Minister would have to get an NOC from Manmohan Singhji, Sonia Gandhiji and all the other politicians who are part of the narrative,'
On Thursday, the makers of PM Narendra Modi had announced on social media that they had postponed the release.
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The Central Board of Film Certification revoked the clearance granted to the movie after it was felt that its content could adversely affect the law and order situation, its chief Pahlaj Nihalani said.
'They banned the word sexy from the song Sexy Mujhe Log Bole, which starred Karisma Kapoor in an Anu Malik number. Yet, the same Censor Board allows the word to be used years later when Amitabh Bachchan lovingly calls the cancer-ridden kid Sexy in Cheeni Kum!... They will allow Vishal Bhardwaj to use cuss words in Omkara, but not in Kaminey!'
Producer S P B Charan talks about the censor board issue that his film faces.
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The Benegal panel, in its first report submitted on April 26, had urged the government to lay down a "holistic framework for certification of films."
Shams Patel, the winner of the National award as best child artist for his role in Thanks Maa, would not be able to watch it in a theatre as the movie has been awarded 'A' certificate by the Censor Board.
Film certification guidelines need contemporary interpretation and should be as non-discretionary as possible, Information and Broadcasting minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday as he met the government-appointed Shyam Benegal panel to look into the revamp of Censor Board, in Mumbai.
The Board has decided to give a UA certificate to the film.
'From the day I've taken over as chairperson of the CBFC, Ashoke Pandit and Chandraprakesh Diwedi have ganged up against me,' Censor Board chief Pahlaj Nihalani tells Subhash K Jha.
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