After years of chopping thousands of film scenes, the censor board finally plans to take a lighter approach to Bollywood. Set up by British rulers in the 1920s to block US movies with anti-colonial sentiment, the board went on to cut Indian films as much for their supposedly racy content as for their political overtones. But as the country rapidly modernises, the government must walk the tightrope of catering to a more liberal, youthful India without ...Sunday, 5 May 2013
Bollywood Censor Board to 'Ease Up'
After years of chopping thousands of film scenes, the censor board finally plans to take a lighter approach to Bollywood. Set up by British rulers in the 1920s to block US movies with anti-colonial sentiment, the board went on to cut Indian films as much for their supposedly racy content as for their political overtones. But as the country rapidly modernises, the government must walk the tightrope of catering to a more liberal, youthful India without ...
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