The Central Board of Film Certification cannot control the internet (just yet) but it certainly can and does protect certain personalities from satire in the movies, such as Baba Shamdev (a reference to the wealthy godman Baba Ramdev). Meanwhile, Thithi (a certificate is not available) had to mute profanity and bleep out a visual of one of the characters looking at sexually explicit photographs.
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Centre changes election conduct rules days after HC tells EC to provide poll documents to petitioner
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Expelled for non-vegetarian tiffin: Why a mother went to court against her son’s school
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What a meeting with a woman entrepreneur in Kolkata taught a German diplomat about women in India
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Why has the number of Hajj pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir fallen sharply?
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Protected Area Regime reimposed in Manipur, Nagaland and Mizoram
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How Zakir Hussain helped bridge the North-South divide in Indian classical music
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US court finds Pegasus spyware maker liable for unauthorised surveillance of 1,400 WhatsApp users
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‘Viduthalai Part 2’ review: Densely plotted and intense drama’s reach exceeds its grasp
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India’s Colosseum: Politician-gladiators spar over manufactured conflict
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Shirish Patel, urban planner and civil engineer, dies at 92