'Problem is hypersensitive India, not Censor Board''

Mumbai: As a part of the 100 years of Indian Cinema celebrations, earlier this week, Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) had organised a three-day workshop on censorship at Siri Fort in Delhi. With the theme On-screen violence and the culture ...

India's all-powerful censor board is planning a lighter approach to Bollywood after decades chopping tens of thousands of film scenes, from onscreen kisses to violent endings. Set up by British rulers in the 1920s to block US movies with ...

New Delhi: "Why were dance numbers like 'Fevikol se', jalebi bai' or 'munni' presented to the audience in its present form, if Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) claims itself to be sensitive towards women", was one of the questions asked by ...

It has made investments in downstream steel projects in India, driven by the potential of its steel market States raise tariffs, but discoms still in doldrums Subsidised power to agriculture, transmission losses and mounting debt burden weigh ...

The Censor Board has never been a favourite with Indian filmmakers. And the recent bans and demands for cuts have only further ticked them off. At the recently concluded Ficci Frames convention, most filmmakers reiterated this sentiment and went as far as to ...

As the Pakistani film industry has long been facing a slump, supply of foreign films (mostly Indian) has also been disrupted for the last couple of weeks. The sole reason for this disruption is that the seat of the Censor Board chairman has been ...

Despite making two award-winning documentaries, filmmaker Ashvin Kumar has faced difficulty having his films shown. Mahima Kaul, a New Delhi-based journalist, reports on his battle with India's Censor

Fresh debate on depiction of women in films after Indian film festival screens censored scenes NEW DELHI: The lights dimmed, and the audience fell silent as a montage of movie scenes showed women dancing in skimpy clothing or being verbally abused, ...

A NEW film festival is to showcase for the first time scenes from Bollywood movies deemed too racy for Indian viewers, including the first attempt at an on-screen kiss, organisers say. The Cut-Uncut festival in New Delhi will feature unedited ...