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Aarakshan: The eye of a political storm
Prakash Jha's Aarakshan, Aarakshan, Aarakshan ban, politicisation of cinema, Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Amitabh Bachchan, reservation, Aarakshan releases
Indian cinema: Hijacked by politics?
How much of politics and social sensitivities have the right to dictate the agenda of a movie? Shouldn't art be not just beyond politics but also beyond political correctness? Prakash Jha's yet to be released Aarakshan has already run into a string of controversies. The UP government has not allowed the cast and crew to promote the film in the state. The head of the National Commission of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes has called the film anti-Dalit - and this is a film that has already been cleared by the Censor Board. On We The People, we debate whether politics should be able to hold cinema to ransom?
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August 10, 2011 24:55
The heavyweights behind India's most debated film in recent times, give us the lowdown on what the real agenda is.
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August 12, 2011 1:59
Director-producer Prakash Jha has tried a balancing act in the film, losing the original theme, reservations, along the way.
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August 12, 2011 2:39
As Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab ban Prakash Jha's Aarakshan, lead star Amitabh Bachchan says the law will decide the outcome of this now-controversial film.
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August 11, 2011 7:55
Director of Aarakshan, Prakash Jha, interacted with the media and said that the ban may be political.
