Senselessness in censorship

February 26, 2015 19:43

Film producer Pahlaj Nihalani, a self-confessed Narendra Modi fan, is in the news again after a list of 28 cuss words devised by the Central Board of Film Certification was leaked on social media. This list of 13 English and 15 Hindi words embarrassed the government, and Bollywood filmmakers saw in it another version of Swacch Bharat Abhiyan.

He claims that this list of words was not devised by him, but was part of the guidelines issued by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, and it was his job to simply implement the guidelines, not formulate them.

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