'Given that they are playing at home and will have full crowd support, India, who are in peak form and whose morale is high, will be the favourites.'
"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 film was not screened as scheduled on Sunday. Here's why.
The meeting lasted for nearly two and a half hours.
A controversy has erupted over the portrayal of the Jat king of Bharatpur in the movie.
It was perhaps for the first time that any parliamentary panel deliberated on a film before it had been approved by the censor board.
The latest updates from the Tamil film industry.
'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,'
Tere Bin Laden, starring Ali Zafar not cleared for release by the Pakistani censor board.
'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!'
Anurag Kashyap Makes Peace With The Censor Board
Producer S P B Charan talks about the censor board issue that his film faces.
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.
On Thursday, the makers of PM Narendra Modi had announced on social media that they had postponed the release.
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.
Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com finds out why Sacred Games has run into trouble.
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."
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.
'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.
'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 Board has decided to give a UA certificate to the film.
"CBFC is part of the government, the responsibility of which is not only limited to issuing certificates to the films but also to preserve the culture and tradition of the country. CBFC is needed so that right kind of films are exhibited in public.
Shah Rukh Khan will take the August Kranti Express to Delhi.
'The biggest agitation in Tamil Nadu -- after the anti-Hindi agitation in 1965 -- were the Jallikattu protests. The anti-Hindi agitations had the backing of a political party but this one does not. No famous actor is involved in it either. It was an incredible agitation.'
Behen Hogi Teri filmmaker Tony D'Souza out on bail. Pahlaj Nihalani says no messing around with religious sentiments.
Dr Rajasekhar is excited about the censor board's response to his latest film.
The move comes close on the heels of a written complaint by president of Brahman Ekta Seva Santha.
Rangeela Raja features Govinda as a high-living businessman.
'We've no objections to women wearing lipstick under a burqa. But the film shows these women doing unmentionable things,'
In a series of tweets, Kher said that the filmmakers' decision is an insult to the Censor Board jury and the audience.
Apoorva Lakhia's Zanjeer has got a mixed response from the Censor Board.
'The censer board members should take a decision after taking into account people's views. They should be apprised about it'
'Fahrenheit 9/11', a documentary film on US President George W Bush in the wake of the tragic events of September 11, is still awaiting clearance by the Censor Board in India.
'Muslims and Dalits must erase the way they remember their past, or carry out their their performances in private,' says Jyoti Punwani, as Maharashtra's Censor Board denies permission to a play Jai Bhim, Jai Bharat.
