Shlok Sharma’s Haraamkhor, about the affair between a teacher and his minor student, waged a long and hard battle to get passed by the Central Board of Film Certification. The Film Certification Appellate Tribunal eventually cleared the film after it was turned down by the Examining Committee. The payoff: a scroll warning audiences that sex with minors is an offence in the scenes featuring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Shweta Tripathi.
Reading
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Adding more good-quality protein to the diets of older adults can combat muscle loss
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Start the week with a film: ‘Grave of the Fireflies’ is a heartbreaking tale of sibling love
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Personal essay: A writer on the dilemmas of loving the Hindi language in a Sikh Punjab
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What Don Bradman thought of the first Indian team that toured Australia
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‘The Buckingham Murders’ review: An unfussy police procedural with a dodgy heroine
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‘The Greatest of All Time’ review: A Vijay show and not much else
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How food cravings work and what to do if you find yourself hunting for sweet or salty foods
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‘Tanaav 2’ review: Truncated season leaves us hanging
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September global fiction: A new novel by Sally Rooney and five other titles to look forward to
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For young readers: Meet Modadugu Vijay Gupta, a scientist who revolutionised Indian aquaculture