Kangana Ranaut's 'Emergency' release postponed: Censor Board got death threats, claims actressKangana Ranaut's movie 'Emergency' has faced delays due to threats received by members of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). T...
02 Sep, 2024, 08.41 AM IST
I-B Minister Anurag Thakur instructs absolute accountability from CBFC over 'Oppenheimer' controversyFrom critics to reviewers, several people from across the country have expressed disappointment over the intimate scene in the film featuri...
24 Jul, 2023, 01.35 PM IST
Pathaan makers asked to make 'changes' for right certificationCBFC chairperson Prasoon Joshi said the board's "balanced approach" to the film's certification would be clear to all once the film release...
30 Dec, 2022, 12.16 AM IST
After 'Besharam Rang' controversy, Censor Board asks 'Pathaan' makers to make changes in film, songs before releaseCalls for a ban againt‘Pathaan’ started making the rounds on Twitter after the launch of ‘Besharam Rang’ song.
29 Dec, 2022, 05.18 PM IST
IAF objects to 'undue negative' portrayal in Janhvi Kapoor's 'Gunjan Saxena', writes to CBFCThe movie was released on streaming platform Netflix on Wednesday.
13 Aug, 2020, 02.01 PM IST
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 ...
24 Dec, 2018, 08.39 AM IST
Film set during Ram Mandir stir to be releasedBack in 2016, Mohalla Assi’s makers were asked to remove names of politicians and places such as ‘Babri, Advani, Ram Mandir’
27 Sep, 2018, 08.25 AM IST
No cuts suggested, only five modifications: Prasoon JoshiThere are no cuts suggested in this film by the censor board, only five modifications, says Prasoon Joshi, chairperson, CBFC.
31 Dec, 2017, 10.51 AM IST
No ‘26 cuts’, only 5 modifications for 'Padmavati', clarifies Prasoon JoshiEarlier today, it was officially announced that CBFC’s Examining Committee has cleared Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s 'Padmavati' (or perhaps 'Pad...
31 Dec, 2017, 10.17 AM IST
With Pahlaj Nihalani gone & Prasoon Joshi in, film certification reforms set to beginCentre announces a reconstituted CBFC board that includes filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri, actors Gautami Tadimalla and Vidya Balan.
12 Aug, 2017, 12.39 AM IST
Filmmakers will now show pornography and vulgarity even in normal films: Pahlaj NihalaniPahlaj Nihalani said he was in favour of a rating system and according to him, rules of censorship were firmly required in the digital and ...
12 Aug, 2017, 12.24 AM IST
Pahlaj Nihalani's removal from CBFC marks the end of an anachronistic tool in the hands of an uncultured brigadeThings have thankfully changed quite a lot since Culture, with a capital C, was the monopoly of a particular kind of aesthetics and its cus...
11 Aug, 2017, 10.49 PM IST
CBFC responsible for preserving India’s culture: Pahlaj NihalaniNihalani was addressing the censor board’s decision to deny certification to “Lipstick Under My Burkha” for allegedly being “lady oriented”...
26 Feb, 2017, 09.10 AM IST
Udta Punjab fiasco: Pahlaj Nihalani should tolerate films taking after his own creations, says Swara Bhaskar"No society in the world is sanitised. There is a lot that is wrong, dirty, shameful, filthy and abusive everywhere in the world."
12 Jun, 2016, 08.44 AM IST
PIL against 'Mohalla Assi': Allahabad High Court fixes July 6 as date of hearingThe counsel for central government told the court that he had informed the matter to the Centre but is yet to get instructions for it.
30 Jun, 2015, 08.01 PM IST
PIL against 'Mohalla Assi': Allahabad High Court fixes July 6 as date of hearingThe counsel for central government told the court that he had informed the matter to the Centre but is yet to get instructions for it.
30 Jun, 2015, 07.21 PM IST
RSS to shift focus on appointment of heads of cultural bodies like ICCR, CBFCICCR is headed by Congress leader Karan Singh, who has been the longest-serving chairman of the premier body for cultural diplomacy.
18 Aug, 2014, 08.46 AM IST