The SC said there were enough guidelines to be followed by the censor board to grant certification of a film before its release
'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.
It also said that the Indian public was "not gullible or silly".
The Censor Board Of Film Certification(CBFC) has struck again.
'Jitendra Pratap Singh (his character in Vedaa) believes in the divisive politics of society and that is more dangerous than the regular goons.'
The decision to allow import of Indian films was taken after a government committee held consultations with various stakeholders and recommended the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to allow screening of Bollywood movies.
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."
In a lengthy statement on X late Monday night, a defiant Kamra said those busy leaking his number on social media or calling him incessantly should know that it all goes to his voicemail where they will be subjected to "the very song" that they hate.
It was perhaps for the first time that any parliamentary panel deliberated on a film before it had been approved by the censor board.
"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 Board has decided to give a UA certificate to the film.
'We've no objections to women wearing lipstick under a burqa. But the film shows these women doing unmentionable things,'
'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.
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'Since the entire Sarkar team takes Vijay's wish as the final word, they were adamant not to succumb to government pressure.'
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The Kerala high court on Friday refused to stay the release of the controversial multi-lingual film The Kerala Story and said the trailer does not contain anything offensive to any particular community as a whole.
With the arrest of the film censor board's CEO on charges of demanding bribes to clear films, the regulatory role of the panel is in focus once again
Shah Rukh Khan will take the August Kranti Express to Delhi.
'Without ever losing hope, I survived in Mumbai with the hope of becoming a good actor.'
The film was postponed from May 9 to 23.
Former Indian Censor Board chief Leela Samson talks about her acting debut.
'If Godse's last wish was to let everyone know his views, what's wrong in that?'
"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.
Indo-Pak tensions cast its shadow on the Mumbai International Film Festival with organisers on Monday dropping Pakistani film "Jago Hua Savera" in its retrospective section amid threats of protests at its screening.
Emergency is caught up in a controversy after Sikh organisations, including the Shiromani Akali Dal, objected, accusing it of misrepresenting the community and getting historical facts wrong.
'Indira Gandhi was a very weak person,' Kangana claimed. 'She had many crutches around and was constantly seeking validation.'
'I'd definitely wish that the audience of Kerala mature. There are a large number of people who welcome sexual scenes or content if it is in a foreign movie but they can't accept this in a regional movie. That attitude of hypocrisy has to change.'
A controversy has erupted over the portrayal of the Jat king of Bharatpur in the movie.
'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.'
The Allahabad high court on Tuesday expressed concern over the way key characters of the epic Ramayana have been depicted in the controversial movie Adipurush, saying, "Hindus are tolerant but why they are tested every time?"
'When he asked me to get naked, I knew it was for a reason and not just for the heck of it.'
In a series of tweets, Kher said that the filmmakers' decision is an insult to the Censor Board jury and the audience.
'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.
On Thursday, the makers of PM Narendra Modi had announced on social media that they had postponed the release.
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Nihalani suggests that the producers should exercise more checks and curbs on the censor copy of their films.
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