MUMBAI: Censorship by any external regulatory body is something streamers and viewers in India are averse to. But there is at least in one area where...
NEW DELHI: A Committee headed by veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal has been constituted by the Government to suggest a paradigm that ensures that artistic creativity and freedom...
MUMBAI: The theatrics between the government and Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) continues. After the resignation of CBFC chief Leela Samson and thirteen other board...
MUMBAI: After scrapping the planning commission, the Modi government is thinking about clipping the wings of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). According to...
NEW DELHI: It seems the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) keeps a close watch on channels that don’t follow the guidelines set for them. That...
MUMBAI: Deepa Mehta‘s film based on Salman Rushdie‘s book Midnight‘s Children finally received the green signal by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) without a...
MUMBAI: The Censor Board has cleared Aamir Khan‘s upcoming release Talaash with a U/A certificate. Film trade circles were apprehensive of the kind of certificate the...
MUMBAI: Director Anurag Basu‘s upcoming film Barfi! has been selected for the Busan Film Festival to be held next month. “There is another good news today...
MUMBAI: India-made spy films are always banned by Pakistan. Going by the banning of Saif Ali Khan‘s spy thriller Agent Vinod some months ago, Pakistan has...
MUMBAI: Breaking away from the six-year hitch of not being able to see the light of the day, Prosenjit’s Bengali film Teen Yari Katha (tale of...
MUMBAI: In an unprecedented order, the Kolkata High Court has upheld the directive given by West Bengal Board of Censorship to distributors there not to display...
MUMBAI: Anna Hazare and his campaign against corruption has inspired a budding director Ankit Narayan to make a 26-minute documentary film Jai Bharat that focuses on...
MUMBAI: The Pakistan Censor Board has reportedly banned Balaji Telefilms‘ The Dirty Picture starring Vidya Balan. Confirming the ban in Pakistan, Balaji Motion Pictures Head of...
MUMBAI: Contrary to the expectations of the producers of Desi Boyz and The Dirty Picture, the Censor Board has done just the opposite. While the Akshay...
MUMBAI: The release of Govardhan Reddy Maane and Vijay Varma Pakalapatti‘s Cutting Chai made under the banner of Salt N Pepper Entertainment has been deferred to...
MUMBAI: The makers of Jo Dooba So Paar – It‘s Love In Bihar are peeved with the Censor Board. The Board has not only made the...
MUMBAI: Looks like the path to the release of Pankaj Kapoor’s Mausam has been laid by hurdles. After crossing the Censor Board hurdle and the IAF...
MUMBAI: Citing that the film is vulgar in nature, the Dubai government, along with other countries in the Middle East, has banned Anurag Kashyap‘s That Girl...
NEW DELHI: Information and broadcasting ministry is now in two minds — to support fully or not — over a proposed ban from 2 October on...
NEW DELHI: The Information and broadcasting ministry today served marching orders on a defiant Anupam Kher from the helm of affairs of the Central Board of...
NEW DELHI: The government today came down heavily on various private sector television channels on issues relating to content described as `indecent’ and threatened to invoke...
NEW DELHI: The Indian government’s fascination for the glitteratti continues and it shows in the reconstitution of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). The new...
NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: What the I&B minister proposes, the I&B ministry is left with the onerous task of disposing. I&B minister RS Prasad’s recent comments...

