Censor board’s Bengaluru office demanding that filmmakers sign affidavits to promote films online

The Central Board of Film Certification, by law, cannot censor or certify content that is available online.

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· Sep 20, 2017 · 08:15 am

What the censors cut: ‘Simran’, ‘Lucknow Central’

Our guide to what you were not allowed to watch or hear in the week’s releases.

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· Sep 15, 2017 · 01:10 pm

Censor board says certification process to be further streamlined

The newly constituted Central Board of Film Certification met for the first time after Prasoon Joshi took over.

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· Sep 12, 2017 · 10:23 am

No informal communication with filmmakers, censor chief Prasoon Joshi tells board members

Filmmakers awaiting a certificate from the Central Board of Film Certification will know the fate of their film only after the final certificate is issued.

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· Sep 05, 2017 · 04:17 pm

‘Smriti Irani behind my exit; ministry told me not to clear Bajrangi Bhaijaan’: Pahlaj Nihalani

‘Anurag Kashyap uses the censor board to promote his films,’ the filmmaker tells Lehren TV in an interview.

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· Aug 19, 2017 · 11:12 am

What the censors cut: ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’, Atomic Blonde’

Our guide to what you were not allowed to watch or hear in the week’s releases.

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· Aug 12, 2017 · 12:15 pm

Pahlaj Nihalani has left the building, but censorship of Indian movies hasn’t

Filmmakers will have to be continue to be vigilant against more insidious attacks on creative expression.

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· Aug 12, 2017 · 07:30 am

‘Pornography and vulgarity’ will return to the movies: Pahlaj Nihalani strikes a defiant note

The former censor board chief’s advice for his successor Prasoon Joshi: ‘Don’t succumb to false notions of liberalism.’

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· Aug 12, 2017 · 06:45 am

Tamil film ‘Oru Pakka Kathai’ runs into censor trouble over the word ‘intercourse’

The filmmakers will not get a certificate until chairperson Pahlaj Nihalani approves the usage of the word.

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· Aug 10, 2017 · 12:12 pm

Director of documentary on Amartya Sen rejects censor board’s suggested cuts

Suman Ghosh’s ‘The Argumentative Indian’ will now be looked at by the revising committee.

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· Aug 09, 2017 · 01:57 pm

‘Nihalani keep at it’: Censor board chief has Subramanian Swamy’s blessings

Scissor-happy censor chief Pahlaj Nihalani gets backing from the Bharatiya Janata Party leader.

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· Aug 04, 2017 · 03:05 pm

Censor board drags feet on ‘Ka Bodyscapes’, hacks into ‘Babumoshai Bandookbaaz’

The Nawazuddin Siddiqui-starrer has been given 48 cuts.

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· Aug 02, 2017 · 01:07 pm