Top 8 Bollywood movies that were banned in India but ended up being worldwide hits

Bollywood Staff Source: Bollywoodlife.com | Dec 03, 2023

While India is a pretty liberal country but we are still not open to all the ideas to be put in movies that are going to release in our cinemas.

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These movies are some of the examples of the same.

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Kama Sutra - A tale of love was banned in India due it being unethical while it was based on ancient Indian texts only.

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Water is a 2005 movie which was not released in India due to its portrayals of Indian widows as it was offensive to many.

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Fire is another one of Deepa Mehta’s works that got banned due to the sensitive topic of Lesbians in Indian households, guess we just weren’t ready in 1996.

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Bandit Queen received a lot of negative reviews and was banned due to the inclusion of a lot of sexual content, it was a biopic of Phoolan Devi.

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Similar to Fire, Unfreedom explores Lesbian relationships and Islam, this movie also did not release in India but was a hit in other parts of the world.

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Sins showcased an illicit affair of Kerala’s priest and that received a lot of criticism for obvious reasons.

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Dazed in Doon was about a student of the Doon School, the movie was highly protested by the school itself as it included nudity and drug abuse. The movie couldn’t be released in India.

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Gender Discrimination and Trans-sexuality was included in The Pink Mirror and couldn’t be released in India for the same reason.

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