• 

  Prakash Jha wants 'self-censorship' in India

  Bollywood | November 27, 2015 11:05 IST

  Panaji: 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

• 

  Censor Board cuts 'Spectre' kissing scenes short, Twitter trolls by trending #SanskariJamesBond

  Hollywood | November 18, 2015 21:44 IST

  New 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

• 

  How is a Film Certified by the Censor Board (CBFC)?

  Bollywood | October 15, 2015 19:13 IST

  Indian Film Industry is the largest, making over 1250 feature films every year and a much larger number of short films every year.There has always been a lot of discussion over film certification; more so

• 

  Censor Board Chief coming up with a song in praise of PM Modi

  Bollywood | August 15, 2015 22:41 IST

  New Delhi: In yet another proof of his admiration for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Central Board of Film Certification chief Pahlaj Nihalani has composed a song praising him. The song whose trailer is already

• 

  Phantom Ban: Pak censor board given 'last chance' to reply on Hafiz Saeed' petition

  Bollywood | August 13, 2015 22:11 IST

  Lahore: A Pakistani court today gave the ‘last chance' to the federal and Punjab government as well as the censor board to file a reply by August 20 on JuD chief Hafiz Saeed's petition seeking

• 

  Salman Khan thanks Pakistan censor board for clearing Bajrangi Bhaijaan!

  Bollywood | July 16, 2015 21:01 IST

  New Delhi: Salman Khan today expressed his gratitude towards Fakhr-e-Alam, Chairman of Pakistan censor board for clearing his upcoming flick Bajrangi Bhaijaan for release in the Islamic state.The actor took it to Twitter to thank

• 

  Salman Khan's Bajrangi Bhaijaan to release in Pakistan with cuts

  Bollywood | July 14, 2015 16:22 IST

  Karachi: Salman Khan's Bajrangi Bhaijaan has become the first film around the Indo-Pak theme to get a clearance for a screening in Pakistan this Eid.The Pakistan Central Censor Board has given a go ahead to

• 

  Sunny Deol's 'Mohalla Assi' controversy: Court stays the release

  Bollywood | July 01, 2015 12:07 IST

  New Delhi: A court here on Tuesday restrained the release of Sunny Deol-starrer 'Mohalla Assi' countrywide saying a prima facie case was made out that the movie contained 'filthy language'.Civil Judge Kishor Kumar restrained the

• 

  Vidya-Emraan's Hamari Adhuri Kahani gets 'U' certificate

  Bollywood | June 01, 2015 16:41 IST

  New Delhi: Mohit Suri's forthcoming directorial "Hamari Adhuri Kahani" has been given a 'U' certificate by the Central Board of Film Certification.Starring Emraan Hashmi, Rajkummar Rao and Vidya Balan in lead roles, the movie is a

• 

  Censorship should not be one person's view: Ronnie Screwvala

  Bollywood | April 10, 2015 16:29 IST

  New Delhi: Ronnie Screwvala, former filmmaker and the founder of UTV group, believes an interactive dialogue between the industry and the censor board can solve a lot of problems.Censor Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has

• 

  Mr. X: Ashoke Pandit accuses Pahlaj Nihalani of illegally withholding Emran Hashmi film

  Bollywood | April 06, 2015 19:29 IST

  New Delhi: Ashoke Pandit, CBFC member, has accused Pahlaj Nihalani of illegally withholding Emran Hashmi starrer ‘Mr. X' even after it was cleared by the CBFC.Ashoke Pandit made these accusations against CBFC chief in a

Advertisement
• 

  Un-Freedom, a movie on homosexuality, banned in India

  Bollywood | March 30, 2015 22:53 IST

  The censor board has reportedly red-flagged Unfreedom, a film exploring the subject of homosexuality. The story revolves around a young girl who defies traditional marriage to spend life with her lesbian partner. CBFC's new panel has

• 

  Why Indian Censor Board should take a cue from Pakistani counterpart?

  Bollywood | March 17, 2015 15:43 IST

  New Delhi: India-Pakistan may be at loggerheads politically but the Pakistani Censor Board has recently set an example before our censorship authorities.Proving more liberal in their cinematic sense, Pakistani Censor Board has found Anushka Sharma's

• 

  Job of CBFC is to certify and not to censor: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

  India | March 16, 2015 23:37 IST

  New Delhi: In what could be a warning to Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) chief Pahlaj Nihalani, Minister of State, Information & Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said in the meeting that the job of

• 

  CBFC asks sex-comedy 'Hunterrr' team to clean up its language

  Bollywood | March 16, 2015 19:26 IST

  Mumbai: The sex comedy 'Hunterrr', which is scheduled to open on Friday, has been asked by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to clean up its language.A source from the CBFC said: "The trailer

• 

  Censor board member criticizes cuts in NH10, writes strong-worded letter to Nihalani!

  Bollywood | March 12, 2015 19:27 IST

  Mumbai: Slamming the edits ordered in actor Anushka Sharma's film NH10, Censor Board member Dr Chandraprakash Dwivedi has written a strongly-worded letter to Mr. Pajhlaj Nihalani.Dr. Dwivedi has raised objection over the chopping of certain

• 

  Shah Rukh Khan's clear advice to Censor Board

  Bollywood | February 27, 2015 18:08 IST

  New 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

• 

  Censor board: After cuss words, smoking scenes' supers may go

  Bollywood | February 27, 2015 15:46 IST

  New Delhi: The recent Censor Board controversy over banning cuss words in Bollywood movies has come as a blessing in disguise for filmmakers. The board might do away with the supers also which have been

• 

  Did I&B ministry ask Nihalani to take back the cuss words list?

  Bollywood | February 26, 2015 14:05 IST

  New 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

• 

  Censor Board to have an online film certification process soon

  Bollywood | February 25, 2015 18:45 IST

  New Delhi: As an effort to curb ‘corruption and favouritism' in the process of film certification, Censor Board has proposed an online structure of film clearance.In the latest reports published by The Teligraph, it has