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- Unfreedom was banned in India by both CBFC and FCAT. Netflix users can now watch it online. After the film was refused certification by CBFC, the makers appealed at the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT), only to be refused again.
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Unfreedom was banned in India by both CBFC and FCAT. Netflix users can now watch it online. After the film was refused certification by CBFC, the makers appealed at the Film Certification...
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Unfreedom had been banned in India, a fact that the...
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- Unfreedom – YouTube
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- Parzania – Disney+ Hotstar
- Black Friday – Disney+ Hotstar
Starring Victor Banerjee, Adil Hussain and Preeti Gupta, Unfreedomwas banned by the CBFC for more than one reason. Alongside a terrorism angle, the movie also examined sam sex relationships through a lesbian couple.
Angry Indian Goddessesnever faced a ban from the Indian theatres, per say, but the makers were equally distraught with the infinite censors (16-18 cuts and changes) placed on their film. In fact, they also took to Facebook to post a video of a compilation of cuts from the film. The mention of the Indian government, hints at objectification of men a...
How often is it that we wonder what the meaning of life actually is? Probably often enough for someone to make a film on it, and Ganduis just that. However, the inclusion of harsh language, nudity and fellatio among other things did not sit pleasantly with the CBFC and the film never released in India. However, the Anubrata Basu, Joyraj Bhattacharj...
John Abraham is popular for choosing scripts that have impactful stories. Case in point: Madras Cafe, Parmanuand No Smoking. Water is one such John Abraham movie as well. The film chronicles the life of a Banarasi widow, how she’s ill-treated for no fault of her own while finding love along the way. Water’s shoot was banned following a protest by H...
With parts of India still uncomfortable with the idea of homosexuality, it was difficult for Deepa Mehta’s Fireto survive in the time that it was released (1996). After receiving significant heat from the Indian press and audiences, the Nandita Das and Shabana Azmi starrer was denied approval for a theatrical release by the censor board. It was a v...
Films on homosexuality, sex and religion aren’t the only ones that have been banned by the CFBC. Kissa Kursi Kafaced fire for drawing satirical parallels with the lives of Indira Gandhi and Sanjay Gandhi. The Shabana Azmi, Utpal Dutt, Rehana Sultan and Manohar Singh starrer was banned by the Congress party, the then-ruling government, during the Em...
Loevwas released back in 2015, but only on Netflix. The filmmakers attempted for a theatrical release but only in vain. Starring Dhruv Ganesh, Shiv Panditt, Siddharth Menon and Rishabh J. Chaddha, the movie explores the complicated relationship between a gay couple.
In the case of Inshallah, Football, riddled with censorship controversies, the subject of this documentary did not play as big a hand in it being banned by the CBFC as its release date did. The story showcases the life of a 18-year-old Kashmiri boy named Basharat Baba aka Basha, who is denied the chance for international football training as his fa...
The fairly recent controversies surrounding Padmaavat, Jodhaa Akbar, etc.are proof of how any movies based on Indian history face opposition. Parzaniafaced similar wrath as it was based on the story of a boy, who gets lost during the Gujarat riots. However, it didn’t go down well with the censor board and was banned. Parzaniastars Naseeruddin Shah,...
The Anurag Kashyap-directed Black Friday was banned from releasing in Indian cinema, but received positive reviews from critics around the world. The Pawan Malhotra, Kay Kay Menon, Aditya Srivastava, Kishor Kadam, Zakir Hussain and Gajraj Rao starreris based on the 1993 Bombay bombings and the investigation that followed thereafter.
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Mar 30, 2015 · Florida-based director Raj Amit Kumar’s debut film “Un-Freedom”, starring Adil Hussain and Victor Banerjee in key roles espousing homosexuality, has been banned in India. The 36-year-old director is the latest who has hit out at the certification process in recent times.
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Jun 22, 2015 · Kumar's first film is banned in India. Incidentally, Kumar's first feature film — 'Unfreedom' — was banned in India for its "content" of a "different kind". On Sunday, some scenes depicting same-sex love from the film that juxtaposes two stories (one about how a Muslim terrorist attempts to silence a liberal Muslim scholar and another about ...
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Only two days after India failed its LGBT populace by voting against benefits for same-sex partners for UN staff, it was reported on Saturday that the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC, popularly known as the ' Censor Board ') banned 'Unfreedom', a thriller directed by debut filmmaker Raj Amit Kumar starring Adil Hussain and Victor Baner...
Unfreedom had been banned in India, a fact that the producers used to advertise it. Communal hatred, terrorism, religious restrictions and the societal hindrances in exercising one’s...
Unfreedom was banned in 2015 by the Censor Board in India citing nudity and violence and was not released. The rights of the film were acquired by Netflix in 2018 and it has been available on the platform since.
