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  Salman Khan's Bajrangi Bhaijaan to release in Pakistan with cuts

  Bollywood | July 14, 2015 16:22 IST

  Karachi: Salman Khan's Bajrangi Bhaijaan has become the first film around the Indo-Pak theme to get a clearance for a screening in Pakistan this Eid.The Pakistan Central Censor Board has given a go ahead to

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  Sunny Deol's 'Mohalla Assi' controversy: Court stays the release

  Bollywood | July 01, 2015 12:07 IST

  New Delhi: A court here on Tuesday restrained the release of Sunny Deol-starrer 'Mohalla Assi' countrywide saying a prima facie case was made out that the movie contained 'filthy language'.Civil Judge Kishor Kumar restrained the

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  Vidya-Emraan's Hamari Adhuri Kahani gets 'U' certificate

  Bollywood | June 01, 2015 16:41 IST

  New Delhi: Mohit Suri's forthcoming directorial "Hamari Adhuri Kahani" has been given a 'U' certificate by the Central Board of Film Certification.Starring Emraan Hashmi, Rajkummar Rao and Vidya Balan in lead roles, the movie is a

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  Censorship should not be one person's view: Ronnie Screwvala

  Bollywood | April 10, 2015 16:29 IST

  New Delhi: Ronnie Screwvala, former filmmaker and the founder of UTV group, believes an interactive dialogue between the industry and the censor board can solve a lot of problems.Censor Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has

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  Mr. X: Ashoke Pandit accuses Pahlaj Nihalani of illegally withholding Emran Hashmi film

  Bollywood | April 06, 2015 19:29 IST

  New Delhi: Ashoke Pandit, CBFC member, has accused Pahlaj Nihalani of illegally withholding Emran Hashmi starrer ‘Mr. X' even after it was cleared by the CBFC.Ashoke Pandit made these accusations against CBFC chief in a

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  Un-Freedom, a movie on homosexuality, banned in India

  Bollywood | March 30, 2015 22:53 IST

  The censor board has reportedly red-flagged Unfreedom, a film exploring the subject of homosexuality. The story revolves around a young girl who defies traditional marriage to spend life with her lesbian partner. CBFC's new panel has

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  Why Indian Censor Board should take a cue from Pakistani counterpart?

  Bollywood | March 17, 2015 15:43 IST

  New Delhi: India-Pakistan may be at loggerheads politically but the Pakistani Censor Board has recently set an example before our censorship authorities.Proving more liberal in their cinematic sense, Pakistani Censor Board has found Anushka Sharma's

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  Job of CBFC is to certify and not to censor: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

  India | March 16, 2015 23:37 IST

  New Delhi: In what could be a warning to Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) chief Pahlaj Nihalani, Minister of State, Information & Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said in the meeting that the job of

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  CBFC asks sex-comedy 'Hunterrr' team to clean up its language

  Bollywood | March 16, 2015 19:26 IST

  Mumbai: The sex comedy 'Hunterrr', which is scheduled to open on Friday, has been asked by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to clean up its language.A source from the CBFC said: "The trailer

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  Censor board member criticizes cuts in NH10, writes strong-worded letter to Nihalani!

  Bollywood | March 12, 2015 19:27 IST

  Mumbai: Slamming the edits ordered in actor Anushka Sharma's film NH10, Censor Board member Dr Chandraprakash Dwivedi has written a strongly-worded letter to Mr. Pajhlaj Nihalani.Dr. Dwivedi has raised objection over the chopping of certain

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  Shah Rukh Khan's clear advice to Censor Board

  Bollywood | February 27, 2015 18:08 IST

  New Delhi: Shah Rukh Khan has come quite straight forward on the entire Censor Board's issue of cuss words' list.The superstar has clearly stated that finalizing a list of cuss words is not something truly

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  Censor board: After cuss words, smoking scenes' supers may go

  Bollywood | February 27, 2015 15:46 IST

  New Delhi: The recent Censor Board controversy over banning cuss words in Bollywood movies has come as a blessing in disguise for filmmakers. The board might do away with the supers also which have been

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  Did I&B ministry ask Nihalani to take back the cuss words list?

  Bollywood | February 26, 2015 14:05 IST

  New Delhi: Pahlaj Nihalani's list of 28 cuss words has already been put up on hold and a very strong reason triggering to this action is the intervention at the ministerial level.Following the recent update

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  Censor Board to have an online film certification process soon

  Bollywood | February 25, 2015 18:45 IST

  New Delhi: As an effort to curb ‘corruption and favouritism' in the process of film certification, Censor Board has proposed an online structure of film clearance.In the latest reports published by The Teligraph, it has

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  United we stand with this AIB Roast parody...err sans Censor Board!

  Who cares | February 25, 2015 10:45 IST

  With Censor Board turning into a spoilsport over the right of 'Freedom of Speech', here's how SnortEP tried their bit to chill out the dudes!Sensing that the AIB boys had enough for the sake of

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  Censor Board's plan backfires, lifts ban over cuss words!

  Bollywood | February 24, 2015 17:06 IST

  New Delhi: It seems Censor Board's plan of banning cuss words has backfired as the board has reportedly lifted the ban over the cuss words.As per reports, Censor Board's latest step is the result of

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  Censor Board to chop few scenes of Anushka Sharma's NH10

  Bollywood | February 23, 2015 8:13 IST

  New Delhi: As a result of Censor Board's new list of prohibited list, few scenes of Anushka Sharma's NH10 will be chopped following which, its release date has been postponed.The movie which is touted to

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  Censor Board's latest direction for filmakers, releases list of 'banned phrases'

  Bollywood | February 14, 2015 11:03 IST

  New Delhi: Filmmakers like Anurag Kashyap and Tigmanshu Dhulia who make realistic films with a rustic touch and gritty dialogues need to rework their strategy now. As the latest directions by Censor Board would make

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  Fifty Shades of Grey finally gets Censor Board's approval, but with a twist!

  Who cares | February 10, 2015 17:48 IST

  'Fifty Shades of Grey' director Sam Taylor-Johnson might have the first laugh if not the last one, watching this approved movie trailer of her work.The most awaited movie around the world 'FSOG' is just 3

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  MSG release: 'God' omitted from the title of Gurmeet Ram Rahim's film

  Bollywood | February 08, 2015 21:02 IST

  Mumbai: The title of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim's controversial film, ‘MSG -The Messenger of God' has been changed to ‘MSG -The Messenger'. The word ‘God' has been omitted from the title.The film