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.
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How Rajendra Chola and his army sailed across the seas in the 11th century to beat the Malays
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Weight loss resolutions don’t work – focusing on health and well being can be better
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Why India’s increasing elderly population faces a dire future
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Two Karnataka HC judges attend Brahmin convention, extol community’s contributions
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From the memoir: Star para-athlete Deepa Malik recounts the discrimination she faced at the airport
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Bengaluru hotel owners protest meat ban near airshow venue
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Man of Indian-origin gets eight-year jail sentence for ramming truck near White House
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Tales from the Ramayana: The curse that came true for King Dasaratha while he lay on his deathbed
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‘Send millions of Indian peasants to Brazil to eradicate poverty and starvation’
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RG Kar and Greeshma: Two murder cases show that capital punishment is a judicial lottery in India