20.2. 2013, Mumbai
In Andhra Pradesh Pawan Kalyan’s Cameraman Ganago tho Rambabu runs into trouble over Telangana issue…Denikaina Ready irks Brahmins for depicting a Hindu priest gorging over non-vegetarian food…
In Tamil Nadu Kamal Haasan is prevented from releasing his multi language Viswaroopam because Muslims are upset over the portrayal of the terrorist…
In Kolkata Teen Kanya based on the three rape incidents in the city is prohibited from exhibition in anticipation of protests from the audience…
In Gujarat Amar Solanki’s Namo Sav Ne Gammo a bio pic on Chief Minister Modi scheduled for release during elections is disrupted in the last schedule with a stay order until the producer fights and wins the battle in the court…
Sensitive subjects and controversial releases are not new phenomena.
Some months ago when Prakash Jha made Aarakshan, Madhya Pradesh government accused the filmmaker of misrepresenting Reservation Quota...
Some years ago when Ashutosh Gowariker made Jodha Akbar Rajput Karnik Sena accused him of distorting history…
Some decades ago when Deepa Mehta made Fire the moral custodians lashed out at her for soiling the image of India...
There is more…
In the 70s Gulzar’s Aandhi faced serious censor problems because the story of the heroine vaguely resembled the life of Indira Gandhi, India’s then Prime Minister.
In the 80s Tinnu Anand’s Shahenshah release became a law and order situation because the hero of the film Amitabh Bachchan was Congress party then and therefore a target of the opposition.
(To be continued)
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