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CBFC sees red over nudity in new Malayalam film
Bollywood | Dec 10, 2015, 04:08 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram: The makers of the independent Malayalam film, Chaayam Poosiya Veedu (The Painted House), are on a collision course with the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) over their “creative right” to retain three crucial
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Prakash Jha wants 'self-censorship' in India
Bollywood | Nov 27, 2015, 11:05 AM ISTPanaji: Filmmaker Prakash Jha, who is known for his socio-political films, is in favour of scrapping the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) as he questions “why should someone else have control over our morality
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Censor Board chief Pahlaj Nihalani to be sacked ?
India | Nov 26, 2015, 12:20 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Tribute Video to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by CBFC chief Pahlaj Nihalani has caused huge embarrassement to the government so much so that the Information and Broadcasting Ministry has reportedly decided to
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Aamir Khan calls Censor Board as 'aggressive and alarming'
Bollywood | Nov 24, 2015, 10:54 AM ISTNew Delhi: Joining the debate on censorship in the country, superstar Aamir Khan today said censor board has become “a little aggressive” lately. The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) chief Pahalaj Nihalani has invited
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Censor Board cuts 'Spectre' kissing scenes short, Twitter trolls by trending #SanskariJamesBond
Hollywood | Nov 18, 2015, 09:44 PM ISTNew Delhi: Censor Board's decision to cut kissing scenes short in the new James Bond film Spectre has not gone down well with Twitteratis.Following the reports that the Censor Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has
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Censor board members vote out controversial list of cuss words
Bollywood | Aug 01, 2015, 12:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has finally withdrawn the controversial list of cuss words after a majority of members voted against the list at a meeting on Friday.It was in February
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Indian Censor Board Funny Ban Logic
Mouthful | May 04, 2015, 07:10 PM ISTIndian Censor Board rubs off Bombay Velvet wrong way with an ‘A' certificate!Banning seems to be an integral part of India and The Censor Board of Film Certification (CBFC) is the torch-bearer of this favourite
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Censor board members discuss modernisation with Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Bollywood | Mar 18, 2015, 10:34 AM ISTMumbai: Some members of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) on Tuesday "unofficially" met Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and discussed modernisation of the board.Unlike a similar meeting that
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Shah Rukh Khan's clear advice to Censor Board
Bollywood | Feb 27, 2015, 06:08 PM ISTNew Delhi: Shah Rukh Khan has come quite straight forward on the entire Censor Board's issue of cuss words' list.The superstar has clearly stated that finalizing a list of cuss words is not something truly
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Censor Board word list: Bollywood film-makers, I&B Ministry officials hold talks
Bollywood | Feb 26, 2015, 07:01 PM ISTNew Delhi: Close on the heels of a controversy over a list issued by the Central Board for Film Certification (CBFC) banning 'objectionable words' which was later held back, leading Bollywood film-makers on Wednesday met
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Did I&B ministry ask Nihalani to take back the cuss words list?
Bollywood | Feb 26, 2015, 02:05 PM ISTNew Delhi: Pahlaj Nihalani's list of 28 cuss words has already been put up on hold and a very strong reason triggering to this action is the intervention at the ministerial level.Following the recent update
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Banned in India, 'Unfreedom' to be released in North America
Bollywood | Feb 11, 2015, 11:59 AM ISTWashington: "Unfreedom", a new Indian film banned in filmmaker Raj Amit Kumar's native India, will be released in North American theatres and simultaneously on digital channels via Film Buff on May 29."Unfreedom" will be the
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Censor Board's 'Sorry Bombay' tactics illogical, Bollywood incidents proving this!
Bollywood | Feb 04, 2015, 09:16 AM ISTNew Delhi: A song or a concoction of a few rhyming words to be more precise by an unfamiliar name became a huge deal for Censor Board off lately after the authorities objected to the
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New Censor Board members won't disappoint: Jeevitha
Bollywood | Jan 20, 2015, 05:12 PM ISTHyderabad: Actor-producer Jeevitha Rajasekar is excited about being chosen as one of the nine new members of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). She says the team won't disappoint."I'm delighted I've been chosen as
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Pahlaj Nihalani to be new Censor Board chief
Bollywood | Jan 20, 2015, 08:46 AM ISTNew Delhi: Four days after Leela Samson quit, film producer Pahlaj Nihalani, younger brother of filmmaker Govind Nihalani, was Monday appointed the chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), along with nine new
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Venkaiah Naidu slams censor board members for attacking NDA govt
National | Jan 18, 2015, 05:04 PM ISTChennai: In a sharp attack on Censor Board members who quit the film certification body alleging government interference, Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu today if there was something wrong, they should blame themselves as they were
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Anupam Kher on MSG row: I think Leela Samson is wrong
Bollywood | Jan 19, 2015, 11:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: Anupam Kher has spoken on the raging issue between the censor board and the government over MSG row.Clearing his stance over the issue, the actor has said that the matter has unnecessarily been
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Censor Board controversy: Arun Jaitley blames UPA appointees
Bollywood | Jan 18, 2015, 02:08 PM ISTNew Delhi: Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday hit out against Censor Board chairperson Leela Samson who quit citing corruption and the nine board members who followed suit, saying they are all "UPA appointees"
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'MSG' gets censor board approval: Dera
Bollywood | Jan 16, 2015, 07:02 PM ISTChandigarh: The producers of Dera Saccha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh starrer "MSG - The Messenger of God" claimed Friday that they have got the required permission from the censor board for the movie's
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MSG-The Messenger of God: Things that might have been objected by the Censor Board
Bollywood | Jan 16, 2015, 11:47 AM ISTNew Delhi: MSG-The Messenger of God is surely in trouble after the Central board of Film Certification had refused to clear the film.Now, when the board had passed the decision to its revising committee that