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Parliamentary panel on information technology calls for ‘reasonable’ curbs on OTT contentCentral Board of Film Certification (CBFC) chief Prasoon Joshi, appearing before the panel, defended its role as a “censor” and said filmma...
Centre in huddle over Benegal panel's suggestions on film censorship and certificationsThe Shyam Benegal-headed committee was tasked with looking at the censorship process in 2015. The panel submitted its reports in April and ...
We need to be a certification body, not censors: Vani Tripathi Tikoo, CBFC"The Cinematograph Act needs to be amended. It is redundant and draconian. I&B minister Smriti Irani has shown a steadfast approach in rect...
Animal cruelty on TV bannedThe Cable Television Networks Rules, 1994 have been amended to ban the screening of any content that depicts cruelty or violence towards an...
Stub out anti-smoking advertisements in films: Shyam BenegalFor better anti-smoking films, the Benegal committee has said the film industry should produce small films with popular actors that can “re...
Shyam Benegal committee submits recommendations on film censorship to I&B MinistryThe Benegal panel, in its first report submitted on April 26, had urged the government to lay down a "holistic framework for certification ...
#UdtaPunjab: Big B & Shyam Benegal speak outAmitabh Bachchan is the latest celebrity to make a comment on the ongoing tussle between the makers of the film & the Censor Board.
CBFC has no business to cut, but industry must talk more: Vani TripathiThe film industry must also look at ways of increasing its participation in the certification process, instead of “complaining all the time...
Censor Board may soon lose power to make cutsA significant recommendation is that the CBFC's scope be restricted to categorising suitability of the film to audience groups on the basis...
Shyam Benegal panel on censor board gets extensionThe Shyam Benegal-led panel formed by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to look into the overall functioning of the Censor Board ha...
CBFC may approve grading system, separate screens for movies with ‘A’ contentThe committee headed by Shyam Benegal, set for its first meeting on February 16 in Mumbai, is likely to make several recommendations, he to...
Steps to resolve Censor Board and FTII rows showing resultsFTII chairman Gajendra Chauhan has not been made head of the institute’s Academic Council, which takes important decisions.
Censor board set to undergo a major makeover, regional centres also under scannerThe Centre is looking at a major overhaul in the working of the Central Board for Film Certification (CBFC), which has been mired in severa...
Kamal Hassan may join Shyam Benegal panel on Censor Board revampThe I&B ministry may soon add more members, including Kamal Hassan, to the Shyam Bengal panel that has been set up to revamp the Censor Boa...
Make film certification norms non-discretionary: Arun JaitleyJaitley said in most countries there is a mechanism for certifying films and documentaries, but it has to be ensured that in doing so, arti...
Shyam Benegal-led panel will bring good results: Farhan AkhtarThe actor-filmmaker is hopeful that the new Shyam Benegal-headed committee will bring positive changes in the controversy-ridden Censor Boa...
Pahlaj Nihalani welcomes government's new censor board reform committeeNihalani welcomed the I&B ministry's decision to form a panel, to be headed by veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal, for revamping of the censor...
CBFC revamp: Censorship issues must be looked at from time to time, says Shyam BenegalShyam Benegal said that the film certification body has been no stranger to controversies but there should be frequent review of issues rel...
Shyam Benegal to head panel to revamp censor boardInformation and broadcasting minister Arun Jaitley had recently hinted at the makeover of the board to make it "controversy-free".
Celebs welcome Shyam Benegal-led panel to reform Censor BoardPandit, who has been vocal against censor board chief Pahlaj Nihalani, said the industry will back Benegal in the new initiative as he is a...