If elected, will Kamala Harris be the most foul-mouthed president in US history?Kamala Harris is becoming known for her use of strong language during public appearances, raising the prospect of her becoming the most fou...
Cuss-words usage on OTT goes down. Do producers intend to attract a wider audience?Over the last four months, 160 hours of content across eight popular web series had been sampled and it was found that six of them had anyw...
Steve Smith heard using cuss words against Murali VijayThe four-match series that will be remembered as much for its off-field controversies as on-field exploits, had its fair share of drama on ...
Anurag Kashyap thanks judiciary for letting 'Udta Punjab' fly"Thank you To the honourable Judge, thank you all for the faith and support.. Time to get back to work.. Two back to back releases," Kashya...
UPA was sanskari too! Government lists 40 films cleansed of cuss words, intimate scenes during 2013-14The I&B ministry sources listed out about 40 films cleared under the previous government where cuss words and intimate scenes were cut by t...
Censor as a system should be abolished: Ram Gopal VarmaNational Award-winning filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma feels the concept of censor board seems irrelevant in today's times of instant information.
Censor Board chief Pahlaj Nihalani faces a revolt by membersMembers of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) have expressed concern at Nihalani's unilateral decision making style and cavalie...
RJD president Lalu Prasad Yadav comes in support of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar in 'DNA' spat with BJPHe said in a tweet that deploring DNA of Bihar CM is akin to insulting all Biharis. Appalled that no Bihar BJP leader felt offended.
Aamir blasts Censor Board, says banning content isn't rightThere were reports that the recently appointed Censor Board chairman Pahlaj Nihalani had revived a 2003 order to ban a list of 28 objection...
Censor Board members hit out at CBFC chairman Pahlaj NihalaniCBFC member Chandraprakash Dwivedi, in a letter to Nihalani and other board members, has objected to censor cuts in Anushka Sharma’s upcomi...
Fresh stir in Central Board of Film Certification over 'NH10', member shoots off letterCBFC witnessed fresh rumblings with board member Chandraprakash Dwivedi expressing disappointment over cuts made in Anushka Sharma's film "...
Pahlaj Nihalani’s list of 28 cuss words put on hold as Arun Jaitley intervenesAccording to sources, I&B minister Arun Jaitley made a call to Nihalani over the weekend and gave him a “dressing down” over his recent act...
Cuss-word ban: Government may rein in censor board chief Pahlaj NihalaniThe meeting with the minister went off well and for the first time, I feel that we have been able to bridge the gap between the government ...
Spacey wins first Golden Globe, uses expletive in speechKevin Spacey was honoured with the award for the Best Actor in a TV Series, Drama at the 72nd Annual Golden Globes ceremony.
With new bad words in dictionary, the demand for derision stands satisfiedSo, either new words have had to be created or existing words reanointed as slurs to satisfy the demand for derision.
We changed Sholay's climax because of CBFC: Ramesh SippySippy agreed that filmmakers have a responsibility while portraying violence in films but said he was not happy to re-shoot the ending of h...
- I&B ministry organises festival of censored movies
To give a perspective on evolution of censorship in the country, a unique film festival will be held featuring movies and scenes that had o...