Censor Board Spectre

"The lead pair's kiss just went on and on unnecessarily, just like the smooch in the James Bond film," said a source

So far, the team at YRF has been quite 'carefree' but a source has revealed that the Board may be gearing up to chop significant portions from the song, and maybe the film itself

Just when you thought the Indian censors were done messing around with the movies you most want to see, the Board has gone ahead and given Disney's 2016 update of the beloved children's classic The Jungle Book a rating of U/A. This is a rating that indicates a film contains mild violence, sensuality and/or language unsuitable for children under 12....

The controversy-ridden Censor Board appears set for a revamp with Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley saying today that the "time has come" to have a re-look at its functioning.

The censor board in the country has become "a little aggressive" lately, said Bollywood actor Aamir Khan today, joining his co-actors and filmmakers in the debate on censorship.

SPECTRE, rated UA, has had its kissing scenes chopped by half on the Censor's orders, triggering not only a chain reaction of jokes on Twitter but also public criticism of Censor chief Pahlaj Nihalani by Board member Ashoke Pandit

SPECTRE, which is a continuation of the story started in Sam Mendes's Skyfall, is coming to India almost an entire month after it released in UK. The plot reportedly revolves around Bond's dark and mysterious past. It has already grabbed headlines even before its release after the Censor Board's decision to slash the kissing scenes by...

Indian audiences and celebrities like Ashoke Pandit, Shirish Kunder and Chetan Bhagat have criticised the Indian Censor Board for making James Bond, the famous British spy, Sanskari in his latest film SPECTRE. Mr Pandit tweeted: Pahlaj Nihalani has always functioned on his own accord and I don't subscribe to his curtailing of creative rights

The Censor Board has taken a hatchet to SPECTRE, which opens in India this Friday and the hapless Daniel Craig, who plays James Bond, has had his kissing scenes slashed by 50% and a couple of swearwords deleted. Repeat: James Bond will kiss only half as much in India as he does elsewhere

"Both of Daniel Craig's kisses with his co-stars have been reduced by 50 per cent. The censor board had nothing against James Bond kissing. But the length of the kisses were found to be unnecessarily excessive," a source is quoted as having said. "We heard that Ranbir's kissing scenes in Tamasha have also been reduced, the source added

"The lead pair's kiss just went on and on unnecessarily, just like the smooch in the James Bond film," said a source

So far, the team at YRF has been quite 'carefree' but a source has revealed that the Board may be gearing up to chop significant portions from the song, and maybe the film itself

Just when you thought the Indian censors were done messing around with the movies you most want to see, the Board has gone ahead and given Disney's 2016 update of the beloved children's classic The Jungle Book a rating of U/A. This is a rating that indicates a film contains mild violence, sensuality and/or language unsuitable for children under 12....

The controversy-ridden Censor Board appears set for a revamp with Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley saying today that the "time has come" to have a re-look at its functioning.

The censor board in the country has become "a little aggressive" lately, said Bollywood actor Aamir Khan today, joining his co-actors and filmmakers in the debate on censorship.

SPECTRE, rated UA, has had its kissing scenes chopped by half on the Censor's orders, triggering not only a chain reaction of jokes on Twitter but also public criticism of Censor chief Pahlaj Nihalani by Board member Ashoke Pandit

SPECTRE, which is a continuation of the story started in Sam Mendes's Skyfall, is coming to India almost an entire month after it released in UK. The plot reportedly revolves around Bond's dark and mysterious past. It has already grabbed headlines even before its release after the Censor Board's decision to slash the kissing scenes by...

Indian audiences and celebrities like Ashoke Pandit, Shirish Kunder and Chetan Bhagat have criticised the Indian Censor Board for making James Bond, the famous British spy, Sanskari in his latest film SPECTRE. Mr Pandit tweeted: Pahlaj Nihalani has always functioned on his own accord and I don't subscribe to his curtailing of creative rights

The Censor Board has taken a hatchet to SPECTRE, which opens in India this Friday and the hapless Daniel Craig, who plays James Bond, has had his kissing scenes slashed by 50% and a couple of swearwords deleted. Repeat: James Bond will kiss only half as much in India as he does elsewhere

"Both of Daniel Craig's kisses with his co-stars have been reduced by 50 per cent. The censor board had nothing against James Bond kissing. But the length of the kisses were found to be unnecessarily excessive," a source is quoted as having said. "We heard that Ranbir's kissing scenes in Tamasha have also been reduced, the source added