Are you ostriches? Censor Board gets an earful from HC

'Nobody has given you (CBFC) the intellectual morality and authority to decide what one wants to watch and see,' the court said. "Are you ostriches," an angry Bombay high court bench on Friday......

Can't say Cow, Gujarat, Hindutva: Censor Board wants Amartya Sen beeped in film

A documentary on Amartya Sen has been stalled by the Censor Board with its film maker Suman Ghosh being told to mute words like 'cow', 'Gujarat' and 'Hindutva' uttered by the Nobel Laureate in the......

Centre to decide on plea against '120 Bahadur' certification in 2 days

The Centre told the Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday that it will decide within two days a representation of petitioners who have challenged the certification and release of the upcoming......

ZaraBol: Are TV channels creating family quarrels?

Are programmes telecast on small screen pitting daughters-in-law against mothers-in-law?At least DMK Rajya Sabha Member Vasanthi Stanley thinks so.Participating in the debate on The Cable......

'Some Censor Board members are misusing their authority. It shames me'

'We don’t want to interfere in the running of the CBFC' 'Motives of people taking up issues may not be reflective of the certification process in the CBFC. Their motive may be......

Can the Censor Board decide how long a kiss should last?

'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......

'Let them have a secret police to censor films!'

'That would once and for all teach all the film-makers of this country a fitting lesson!' *IMAGE: 'The idea of censoring films was instituted by the British our colonial masters who never trusted......

Censor trouble in Kannada Films

The fate of Kannada films awaiting certification and their subsequent release is uncertain. Certification of films by the Regional Censor Board (RCB) in Bangalore has come to a standstill because......