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Mehngai song not meant to disrespect anyone: Prakash Jha
The director Chakravyuh defends the controversial ‘Tata Birla’ number from his film on Maoists
Filmmaker Prakash Jha, who is all set to come out with his film Chakravyuh, says that the song Mehngai containing the words Tata Birla Ambani aur Bata is not meant to disrespect anyone. He has also added that the producers have voluntarily put a disclaimer in the song. Click here to read moreClick to Comment
Prakash Jha’s Chakravyuh takes digs at the PM & Mahatma Gandhi – lands in fresh trouble
The filmmaker has been asked to make six cuts in his film for various objectionable portions
After declaring Chakravyuh song Tata, Birla a ‘personal attack’, the Central Board of Film Certification has now put pressure on filmmaker Prakash Jha to delete some portions where there is an apparent direct taunt at Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. The line in question – Bahut dekhi teri sardari – is seen by the censor board as a ‘pointed reference’ to the PM, as he is a Sardar belonging to the Sikh community. Click here to read moreChakravyuh song Tata, Birla is a ‘personal attack: Censor board
We wonder why filmmaker Prakash Jha’s films always run in to some trouble or the other before their release. His latest film Chakravyuh, starring Arjun Rampal, Abhay Deol and Esha Gupta, has courted controversy, too. This time, it’s not for any issue but for a song that names the country’s top industrialists, and also an international one.
Featuring Abhay and sung by Kailash Kher, the song goes thus: Tata, Birla, Ambani aur Bata, sab ne hai desh ko kaata. The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) refused to pass the song not once but twice, as it felt the lyrics seemed like a personal attack. Click here to read more
Featuring Abhay and sung by Kailash Kher, the song goes thus: Tata, Birla, Ambani aur Bata, sab ne hai desh ko kaata. The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) refused to pass the song not once but twice, as it felt the lyrics seemed like a personal attack. Click here to read more
Malayalam film Papilio Buddha in hot water over Gandhi slight
The South Indian movie has been banned by the censor board for allegedly belittling the Mahatma
Some 64 years after Nathuram Godse’s bullets felled Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the Father of our nation, the Mahatma continues to be the subject of attack – on celluloid. Producer Prakash Bare and director Jayan Cheriyan’s Malayalam film Papilio Buddha has been banned by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) on the grounds of denigrating the Mahatma. Click here to read moreRanbir Kapoor’s Barfi! gets U-certificate. Was there ever a doubt?
Filmmaker Anurag Basu, whose earlier films were mostly A-rated, is excited that his film Barfi! has been rated with a generous ‘U’ by the censor board
Director Anurag Basu is on cloud nine after receiving his first ‘U’ certificate from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) for Barfi!. Click here to read moreThe Dirty Picture: ‘A’ film TV ban a body blow for Bollywood
In his 100th column, Cineswami takes a look at how the censor board’s rating system affects an adult film’s chances of selling satellite rights
From the success of films like Ek Tha Tiger, Jism 2 and Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum, it would seem that the business of Bollywood is in rude good health. Unfortunately, the reverse is true, at least for the last two films mentioned. Click here to read moreHeroine makers move court on smoking scene rider
It would kill the creativity of the film, feel the producers of the Kareena Kapoor film
The makers of Bollywood film Heroine, starring Kareena Kapoor, on Monday moved the Delhi High Court against the Information and Broadcasting Ministry’s order to display anti-smoking messages during smoking scenes in the movie. Click here to read more43rd International Film festival of India (IFFI): Indian Panorama section to screen 47 films
As many as 47 films will be screened in the Indian Panorama section at the 43rd International Film festival of India (IFFI), which will be held in Goa in November 20-30, 2012. A spokesperson for the IFFI said that the Indian Panorama section, one of the major screening schedules for the film festival, which attracted over 8,000 delegates last year, would contain 26 feature films and 21 non feature films. “We are inviting entries for the Indian Panorama section 2012 for films certified by Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) between September 1, 2011 to August 31, 2012,” the spokesperson said.
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