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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The world of Lalla: A journey into the heart of the 14th-century Kashmiri mystic poetess
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How the ghats of Banaras became a defining image of the ancient city
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How Indian school teachers are trying to battle Bollywood’s Hindutva history deluge
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‘Sikandar’ review: Film that champions organ donation is in dire need of a brain transplant
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‘A warning to all’: What Rajiv Gandhi wrote in the guestbook of a WWII memorial in Belarus
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Sajni Mukherji (1945–2025): Beloved literature professor at Jadavpur University and a friend to all
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The erasure of Tibet’s linguistic diversity
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Pramoedya Ananta Toer: Hundred years of a fearless Indonesian literary icon
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In Uttar Pradesh, Adityanath struggles to contain groundswell of anger from OBC groups
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Why Jammu and Kashmir’s legislators are pushing hard for an alcohol ban