Kabir Khan Slams CBFC For Refusing Certificate To 'Lipstick...'

After Farhan Akhtar, Shyam Benegal and Ashoke Pandit, filmmaker Kabir Khan has slammed the Central Board of Film Certification's move to "refuse" a certificate to director Prakash Jha's "Lipstick Under My Burkha", terming it "ridiculous".....

 

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India Has To Make Room For 'lady Oriented' Works: 'Lipstick...' Director

Theres rallying for womens empowerment on the one hand -- and a curb on freedom of expression on the other. The paradox is perplexing to writer-filmmaker Alankrita Shrivastava, whose "honest" telling of a story of womens secret desires and hidden fantasies has been deemed too "lady oriented" and unfit for release by Indias censor board. ....

 

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Women Directors Sweep Top Awards At MAMI Film Fest

Women ruled the roost at the 19th Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. Rima Das's "Village Rockstars won the Golden Gateway award in the India Gold Category and Carla Simon's "Summer 1993" won the honour in the International category. ....

 

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Priyanka Chopra Jonas Named Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival Chairperson

Global icon Priyanka Chopra Jonas came onboard as the chairperson of The Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) film festival -- announced on Tuesday. ....

 

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