According to the makers, the CBFC was not happy with references made to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and use of real names in the film.
The application for certification was incomplete, says a source in the CBFC.
Rajasthan, Haryana, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh have banned the movie citing law and order issues.
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.
'When Julie 2 releases, I will tell you whether I am sanskari or not.'
'Today is our independence day. Udta Punjab is not just a film anymore. It is a movement and one that has ended in the victory of democracy.'
'Everybody has freedom, but you cannot start a fire in a crowded theatre.'
The film has been reportedly passed with a U certificate by Nihlani.
'If filmmakers and song-writers continue to use the unconstitutional name for the city, we have no choice but to delete it,' explains the CBFC chairperson.
'There are problems related to the Indian film industry that I'd like to address rather than to keep harping on the negative zone of hurdles in film certification,' Minister for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore tells Subhash K Jha.
The Udta Punjab row continues...
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'Discussion, dialogue and mutual respect for varied points of view,' is what filmmakers can expect from the Censor Board, its new chief Prasoon Joshi tells Subhash K Jha.
"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.
The biopic was originally set to release on April 12, but its producers had advanced it by a week, claiming 'public demand'.
Major portions of the film have been hacked off.
Spectre has been cleared by the Censor Board with a 'UA' certification... but only after four cuts, two verbal and two visual.
Nihalani suggests that the producers should exercise more checks and curbs on the censor copy of their films.
'The film stared at me and asked me a question. As a producer you have made financial decision but it's time that as a woman you made a decision from your heart. That's what I did,' says Lipstick Under My Burkha producer Ekta Kapoor.
A CAG report severely criticises the movie certification body for fabrication of documents and showing bias while issuing film certificates.
Much as we'd like it to, all hasn't changed. In our country, the revolution must be polite and careful not to offend. Still, Raja Sen assures, there is hope.
The film has been cleared by the Censor Board in time for its release on June 12, with a 'U' certificate.
Noted lyricist Prasoon Joshi will replace him as the chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification.
'We've no objections to women wearing lipstick under a burqa. But the film shows these women doing unmentionable things,'
'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,'
'One hopes to make a positive difference with the guidance and support of respected minds.'
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Renowned documentary film maker Anand Patwardhan said the video sharing website is "catering to Hindutva goons who want to kill all secular content."
The film has been passed with a 'U' certificate.
The apex court also prohibited other states from issuing a notification against the exhibition of the movie.
'Stop using the censor board as a means to get publicity for films,' the censor chief warns filmmakers.
Justices S C Dharmadhikari and Shalini Phansalkar-Joshi said it will pass orders in the case on June 13 after it concluded hearing arguments on the petition filed by Phantom Films, producer of Udta Punjab, against an order of the revising committee of the Central Board of Film Certification that suggested changes in the film.
Chief metropolitan magistrate Snigdha Sarvaria allowed the police plea, which said further investigation was on.
As questions were raised over several censor board members having BJP links, its new chief Pahlaj Nihalani, a film maker, on Tuesday said he was proud to be a "BJP person" and called Prime Minister Narendra Modi as his "action hero".
It was perhaps for the first time that any parliamentary panel deliberated on a film before it had been approved by the censor board.
'People with a lot of dreams and passion are paying a lot of money and making a film for two years. Then, one random person who might be a lawyer or a teacher or a social worker, comes and finds a character (in the film) kissing for too long and asks for it to be cut down. That doesn't sound right.' Filmmaker Pritam D Gupta talks about his long hard battle with CBFC.
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'The protests make no sense, unless we judge them against the political climate in the country.' 'Having a CBFC is sheer hypocrisy when the government has set itself up as censor.'
It said even if the film is released on April 11, as claimed by the Congress activist, it will be appropriate for him to seek a redressal from the Election Commission.
