Abhishek Jawkar’s crime thriller Missing on a Weekend, about a band of friends who run into a criminal gang during a Goa getaway, was initially asked to carry out 50 cuts, including expletives and scenes of drug consumption. After Jawkar sent the Central Board of Film Certification a legal notice, the number of excisions came down to seven. The revising committee finally passed the film with three bleeps. The movie stars Pavan Malhotra and Karan Hariharan.
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Fiction: A teacher from Kerala takes a job in Dubai in the 1990s, but being an immigrant isn’t easy
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Indian writer Shahnaz Habib wins the 2024 New American Voices Award for her book ‘Airplane Mode’
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Atta Galatta Bangalore Literature Festival announces its children’s books awards shortlists for 2024
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How Sally Rooney became the ‘voice of a generation’
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Does Supreme Court’s Section 6A order alter citizenship test for Bengali Hindus in Assam?
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‘Dealing with life lessons with a smile’: Shoojit Sircar on his new movie ‘I Want to Talk’
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2024 JCB Prize for Literature shortlist includes two debut novels and three translations
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Fiction: The only way for Xavier to resolve his troubles is to know his scandalous ancestor, Francis
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Sightless no more: In decolonised garb, India’s new Lady Justice is a contradictory symbol
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Like Sitaram Yechury and GN Saibaba, many are pledging body donation, but hurdles remain