‘Cinema’ and ‘Censorship’ in India

Name : Solanki Sardarsinh

Roll No :24 Semester : 4 Year : 2014-15

Paper 15 : Mass Communication and Mass

Studies

Submitted to:

Smt. S.B.Gardi

Department Of English

M.K.Bhavnagar University

1). cinema(n):

1).A theatre where films are shown.

2).The production of films as an art orb industry

2).censorship(n):

An official who examines books, films etc. and bans

anything considered offensive or a threat to security.

According to Oxford English Dictionary

What is Cinema and Censorship?

‘Raja Harish Chandra’ (1913)

produced by Dadasaheb Phalke.

The Indian Masala film—a slang

used for commercial films with

song, dance, romance etc.—

came up following the second

world war.

Regional Cinema

Hindi cinema

Gujarati cinema

Bhojpuri cinema

Bengali cinema

The Central Board of Film

Certification, the regulatory

film body of India, regularly

orders directors to remove

anything it deems offensive,

including sex, nudity,

violence or subjects

considered politically

subversive.

In 2002, the film ‘War and Peace’, depicting scenes

of nuclear testing and the September 11, 2001 attacks,

created by Anand Patwardhan, was asked to make 21

cuts before it was allowed to have the certificate for

release.

1). Relation between ‘Cinema’ and ‘censorship’

2). Is it possibility of power politics in the field of

‘cinema’ and ‘censorship’ in India?

3). Is it a ‘censorship’ for the advantages in Indian

cinema or disadvantages?