The Cable Television Networks Rules, 1994 have been amended to ban the screening of any content that depicts cruelty or violence towards an...

For better anti-smoking films, the Benegal committee has said the film industry should produce small films with popular actors that can “re...

The Benegal panel, in its first report submitted on April 26, had urged the government to lay down a "holistic framework for certification ...

Amitabh Bachchan is the latest celebrity to make a comment on the ongoing tussle between the makers of the film & the Censor Board.

The film industry must also look at ways of increasing its participation in the certification process, instead of “complaining all the time...

A significant recommendation is that the CBFC's scope be restricted to categorising suitability of the film to audience groups on the basis...

The Shyam Benegal-led panel formed by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to look into the overall functioning of the Censor Board ha...

The committee headed by Shyam Benegal, set for its first meeting on February 16 in Mumbai, is likely to make several recommendations, he to...

FTII chairman Gajendra Chauhan has not been made head of the institute’s Academic Council, which takes important decisions.

The Centre is looking at a major overhaul in the working of the Central Board for Film Certification (CBFC), which has been mired in severa...

The 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...

Jaitley said in most countries there is a mechanism for certifying films and documentaries, but it has to be ensured that in doing so, arti...

The actor-filmmaker is hopeful that the new Shyam Benegal-headed committee will bring positive changes in the controversy-ridden Censor Boa...

Nihalani welcomed the I&B ministry's decision to form a panel, to be headed by veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal, for revamping of the censor...

Shyam Benegal said that the film certification body has been no stranger to controversies but there should be frequent review of issues rel...

Information and broadcasting minister Arun Jaitley had recently hinted at the makeover of the board to make it "controversy-free".

Pandit, who has been vocal against censor board chief Pahlaj Nihalani, said the industry will back Benegal in the new initiative as he is a...