In Parliament Home Minister Sushil Shinde shocked everyone with his defence, saying 'rapes take place not just in Delhi, but across the country'. What does the increasing number of rapes reveal about our society? Former chairperson of National Commission for Women Dr Mohini Giri joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue.
Q. Why is it that a Justice Verma committee was required to suggest changes when a certain body called NCW has been in place for over 2 decades? Couldn't NCW think of these measures earlier? Asked by: bhaz
A. NCW has changed rape laws in 1993, same suggestions were made by NCW, they are lying with the govt, expert committee sat on it and made it. but no implementation of the same has taken place....
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06:15 PM, Apr 23, 2013
New Delhi: To give a perspective on evolution of censorship in the country, a unique film festival will be held featuring movies and scenes that had once created sensation and were clipped by the censor board. The 'Cut Uncut film festival', being organised by Information and Broadcasting ministry, will screen films, most of which had been rated adult by the censor board, officials said. The three-day event, a part of...
04:11 PM, Apr 10, 2013
Reacting to the Censor Board's stance that item numbers in films will be examined on a case-to-case basis, actress Kareena Kapoor has said this will not stop her from doing such songs. ...
02:25 PM, Mar 12, 2013
The Censor Board's clarification comes in the wake of raging debate about 'obscenity' in item numbers. ...
01:20 PM, Mar 10, 2013
A Bengali film has courted controversy after its director alleged political discrimination by the government. The Censor Board in Kolkata denied approval to 'Kangal Malsat', a film by Suman Mukhopadhyay. ...
11:59 PM, Feb 26, 2013
In increasing trouble for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool Congress MP Kabir Suman has criticised the move by the censor board in Kolkata to deny approval to Kangal Malsat, a film that contains references to Singur issue and Banerjee's swearing in. ...
05:25 PM, Feb 25, 2013
A Bengali film has courted controversy after its director alleged political discrimination by the government. The Censor Board in Kolkata denied approval to 'Kangal Malsat', a film by Suman Mukhopadhyay. ...
07:36 AM, Feb 25, 2013
The central government will form a committee to re-look into the Cinematographic Act. ...
06:24 PM, Jan 31, 2013
Against the backdrop of controversy surrounding Kamal Haasan's film 'Vishwaroopam', Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari on January 31 said there was a need to "revisit" the Cinematograph Act to ensure decisions of the Censor Board are implemented. ...
12:48 PM, Jan 31, 2013
Censor board chairperson Leela Samson welcomed the government's step of considering amendments to the Cinematograph Act. Leela Samson said, "If the government comes up with this, it is the best news I have heard in a long time. We have been defending ourselves in Chennai against what the attorney said in court defending the state government. I am delighted by Manish Tewari's announcement." ...
10:16 AM, Jan 31, 2013
Just a day after Kamal Haasan's 'Vishwaroopam' got the green signal from the Madras High Court to screen the film, the decision was overturned on Wednesday. Tamil Nadu Advocate General A Navaneetha Krishnan said the interim order was against public interest and that the censor board itself was flouting norms when clearing films. ...
07:46 AM, Jan 31, 2013
What does the 'Vishwaroopam' controversy tell us about the censor board? About the Jayalalithaa government? And the attitude of the Indian system to freedom of expression? ...
10:00 PM, Jan 30, 2013
Bejoy Nambiar's 'David' has been cleared by the Censor Board Of Film Certification(CBFC) with two minor cuts. ...
04:29 PM, Jan 29, 2013
Hindu's film critic Sudhish Kamath joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on what the Vishwaroopam controversy is about. ...
05:09 PM, Jan 28, 2013
A few Muslim groups protested against Kamal Haasan's lates, 'Vishwaroopam', alleging that its content was hurtful. ...
11:10 AM, Jan 25, 2013
Censors in China have edited out 40 minutes of content from 'Cloud Atlas' before its release next week. ...
01:00 PM, Jan 24, 2013
Islamabad: Pakistani censors have banned advertisements for Bollywood star Akshay Kumar's latest film 'Khiladi 786' because the number 786 is revered by some Muslims and could hurt their sentiments. The Censor Board has directed cinema halls and distributors not to release the movie's trailers and to remove billboards for the film. 'Khiladi 786' is yet to be cleared by the censors for screening in Pakistan. The censors barred the advertisements...
10:31 AM, Dec 05, 2012
Mumbai: Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar's most ambitious project 'Heroine', starring Kareena Kapoor, has got an A certificate from the Censor Board. Bhandarkar says he had expected the film, which is loosely based on the reality behind the world of glitz and glamour, will get an A certificate. "As expected got a "A" certificate from the censor board. Countdown begins for the launch of the poster and promo of Heroine," Bhandarkar posted...
05:31 PM, Jul 14, 2012
New Delhi: The Censor Board has cleared Vidya Balan-starrer 'The Dirty Picture' for prime time television viewing but with several additional cuts. The I&B ministry had earlier in April this year barred entertainment channel Sony from screening the movie which had got Universial/Adult certification from the Censor Board for its "bold" scenes. "The filmmakers of 'The Dirty Picture' again approached the Central Board of Film Certification with voluntary deletions of...
09:35 PM, Jul 10, 2012
New Delhi: She describes 'Kyaa Kool Hai Hum' series as Bollywood's answer to 'American Pie' series. But Ekta Kapoor is miffed that the censor board has snipped three scenes from the theatrical trailer of 'Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum'. She blames it to existing prejudices in the Hindi film industry. Anurag Kashyap's 'Gangs Of Wasseypur' had coarse and crass language too, but it released without cuts. So what is the...
11:04 AM, Jul 05, 2012
