Censor Board Banned Words

Facing sharp criticism for the censor board's decision to bleep words such as "cow" and "Hindu India", the censor board chief Pahlaj Nihalani on Wednesday brushed aside the attacks. "This is our job," the chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification, popularly called the censor board, said. He added the producer and director could go to the ...

Coming down heavily on the Censor Board, which recently stoked controversy by banning some objectionable words, actor Aamir Khan has said he is totally against banning any kind of material in media or films.

A list of 28 cuss words that Censor Board chairman Pahlaj Nihalani said would be banned from films, has been put on hold after a meeting today, sources have said.

Going by the uproar over AIB Roast and a controversial ban by the censor board on 30 words, Seinfeld could need some help.

Varun Dhawan had strong words for the Censor Board's much-reviled list of banned words

"I think it is quite a stupid list because certain stories need a certain kind of language," said Mr Raghavan

"I have not made up these words. The list was given to me by my office and it was circulated among us. It was not for the media. It was not to be made public," he said

Ashoke Pandit, who is a director and producer, said he was not consulted by Censor Board chief Pahlaj Nihalani on the list of prescribed words

Facing sharp criticism for the censor board's decision to bleep words such as "cow" and "Hindu India", the censor board chief Pahlaj Nihalani on Wednesday brushed aside the attacks. "This is our job," the chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification, popularly called the censor board, said. He added the producer and director could go to the ...

Coming down heavily on the Censor Board, which recently stoked controversy by banning some objectionable words, actor Aamir Khan has said he is totally against banning any kind of material in media or films.

A list of 28 cuss words that Censor Board chairman Pahlaj Nihalani said would be banned from films, has been put on hold after a meeting today, sources have said.

Going by the uproar over AIB Roast and a controversial ban by the censor board on 30 words, Seinfeld could need some help.

Varun Dhawan had strong words for the Censor Board's much-reviled list of banned words

"I think it is quite a stupid list because certain stories need a certain kind of language," said Mr Raghavan

"I have not made up these words. The list was given to me by my office and it was circulated among us. It was not for the media. It was not to be made public," he said

Ashoke Pandit, who is a director and producer, said he was not consulted by Censor Board chief Pahlaj Nihalani on the list of prescribed words