Cinema, cinema, cinema or in Vidhya Balan ji style, its all about entertainment, entertainment, entertainment.
Entertainment for whom?? Us ?? means obviously public, right !!
And what actually public do ?? Got totally entertained in terms of fully paisa vasool or most of the times public often says "it was boring movie/storyline is same as other movies/paisa waste movie" that's it. For getting entertained only story line which matters ??
Well, I don't think so!! " Cinema" is not that much which your one line can give full feedback of yours in terms of its impact on your personality, mentality, emotions, behavior, thought process, language, dressing style, hairstyle, even in your decision making not consciously but unconsciously.
Have you ever thought all want perfect daughter in law which portrait in cinema, all want top-level jobs business decorum which portrait by cinema, all want happy joint family and understanding which portrait by cinema, all want romantic songs played around them which disconnect us from our hectic daily boring routine life? It's just a few things I am saying but now more you guys think. Just like our body made up of 75% of water similarly our living style influenced by cinema unconsciously from the arise of latest music, latest dance steps/hook steps latest dialogues, latest hair style, latest dressing style, even glimpse of interior who creating new trends in our lives ??? I think unconsciously its impact of cinema.
Cinema is a form of artistic expression of thoughts, tales, and sometimes views, often influenced by reality that is frequently music-based, fascinated, enchanted, or simply entertained. There are hardly any other mediums of expression that can literally assert hostile degrees of insidious power and presence in our everyday lives. Since the evolution of the human civilization, the mankind had started pursuing for the mediums of entertainment to provide relief from their daily routines. The activities that brought the solace included singing, dancing, sports, playing, and films. While all the events had their appeal, the films had made something exceptional. Films or cinema not only offered entertainment for the viewers, but also manifested the minds of the viewers and led them to believe what the director wanted them to believe.
So behind this lime light and to present movies in theater just to entertain and most of time to inspire us the full movie production face the very crucial screening of censor board and many time they have to fight public interest litigation if any sensitive issue that movie dealing with so that no human sentiments got hurt. For examples so that you can understand "The Bombay High Court issued notice to the Union Government seeking its response to a public interest litigation against obscenity and violence in the films and other programmes on TV in violation of the Cinematograph Act. The bench headed by Justice Abhay Oka sought government's reply by October 7,2014. Petitioner Pratibha Nathani, a college lecturer, has demanded that a regulatory authority be appointed to regulate the content of programmes aired by TV channels. Pending the decision on this PIL, police and other respondents be asked to take action against TV channels named in her complaint, it says.
PIL wants only 4 movies a day, high court issues notice to Tamil Nadu this is recently of month may end 2022 when Tollywood movie "beast" was released in theaters .A city resident has moved the Madras high court to direct the state government to ensure that all cinema theatres in the state play only four shows of movies per day as mandated under the Tamil Nadu Cinemas (Regulation) Act. He alleged that the recent Tamil release ‘Beast’ starring actor Vijay was played over five shows at odd times like 5am and after 1.30am in total violation of the rules, besides charging exorbitant rates for such shows. According to V Vignesh Krishna, the law governing cinemas permits only four shows per day and prohibits exhibiting movie shows between 1.30am and 5am.
PIL Filed Against SS Rajamouli’s 'RRR' At Telangana High Court. A Public Interest Petition (PIL) was filed by Alluri Soumya a student hailing from West Godavari district in the Telangana High Court seeking not to issue a Censor Certificate and restrain the producer of 'Roudram, Ranam and Rudiram' (RRR) to release the movie. As reported by Tollywood.net, the complainant claimed that the makers allegedly distorted the illustrious history of great independence fighters Alluri Sita Ramaraju and Komaram Bheem (played by actors Ram Charan and Jr NTR, respectively) in order to offend the genuine heroes’ and supporters. According to the complainant, the film is destroying the history of the freedom fighters Alluri Sita Ramaraju and Komaram Bheem.She requested a postponement of the 'RRR' film's release and that the SS Rajamouli directed film should not be issued a censor certificate. The case was heard by Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and Venkateswara Reddy. On January 7, the film was slated to be released in theatres. The film's release had been then postponed due to the Omicron fear in the country, as well as the Coronavirus outbreak. It was supposed to release in July 2020 it delayed due to PIL and its gone through several postponed release dates then got postponed to January 7, 2022, and now it will finally released on March 25, 2022. RRR will be released on a huge scale in multiple languages including, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada and Hindi.
Suchitra Sen’s Bollywood hit was banned after release none other than iconic movie "Aandhi" Many believe the Bollywood classic was based on Indira Gandhi’s life as Suchitra played the protagonist Arti Devi. However, it wasn’t allowed a full release initially when Indira Gandhi was in power in 1975. The film was even banned after 20 weeks in the theatre during 1975’s emergency. Due to rumors' has arise then the PM had asked Prime Minister Office (PMO) officials to watch out the movie in order to take the decision of lifting the ban imposed on it. It would return to the cinema halls only after the Janata Party came to power in 1977 and after Gulzar scrapped some of the scenes showing Aarti Devi drinking and smoking.
Sholay, the milestone movie of Indian cinema released in 1975 also could not be spared from the political interference. The Censor Board required the ending of Sholay to be re-shot and several scenes to be redone because they were thought of as extremely violent. The last scene in which Thakur used shoes containing nails to destroy the face of gabber was censored and filmmaker Sippy was directed to change the end.
It was one of the most notorious examples of censorship during the Emergency, one of several blots in Sanjay Gandhi’s copybook of tyranny, and an often-quoted case study of how government apparatus can collude to crush criticism With dialogues like "Sir, give this young man the license to manufacture small cars because he learnt it in his mother's womb". Amrit Nahta’s "Kissa Kursi Ka", a political satire about the Indira Gandhi government, was made in April 1975 but never released. All existing prints were destroyed on the orders of Vidya Charan Shukla, the Information and Broadcasting Minister at the time and Sanjay Gandhi crony. Nahta, a Congressman who joined the Janata Party after the Emergency, remade the movie and released it in 1978, retaining the same script and most of the cast.
'Black Friday', a 2004 film written and directed by Anurag Kashyap, earned the ire of some political sections for focusing on the aftermath of the Bombay blasts in 1993. The movie was banned from release until the verdict of the lawsuit by the Bombay High Court on the petition was under-trials. Producers appealed at the Supreme Court for the release but the High Court order was upheld. Originally, the film was scheduled to be released in India on 28 January 2005 but it saw its release on 9 February 2007.
Deepa Mehta's Water is a movie set in 1938 and explores the lives of widows at an ashram in Varanasi. The movie suffered severe objection during its shooting from hardline Hindu organizations in the region. The sets were destroyed following which the Uttar Pradesh government decided to stop the shooting on 31 January 2000. Later, the shooting was shifted to Sri Lanka. And final the movie was released in India much later in March 2007.
MSG: Messenger of God, starring Dera Saccha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's, remained a bone of contention between the government and CBFC. While Censor Board Chairperson Leela Samson was against the screening citing the reason of ‘hurting religious sentiments, the government's gave clearance to the movie with a mere change in the title making it MSG- The Messenger instead of ‘MSG- The Messenger of God'. Following government's approval Leela Sampson resigned from her post, Punjab govt. banned the release in view of reports of tension in several parts of the state and outside while the controversial movie earned big mullahs on the box office.
India’s Daughter - The Indian government banned the BBC documentary, India’s Daughter, due to its controversial content. The documentary is based on the 2012 Nirbhaya Delhi gang rape case. Even before its release, the film ran into controversy as one of the interviews from the documentary showed one of the convicted rapists justifying the heinous crime and this was aired on a media channel. Since India’s Daughter continues to face a ban in the country, it was released online for viewers. Judgments stand divided on whether the film should get a release in India or not.
Parzania - Directed by directed by Rahul Dholakia, the film starred Sarika and Naseeruddin Shah, among others and is said to be based on the true story of a Parsi boy named Azhar Mody. Azhar disappeared after the 28 February 2002 Gulbarg Society massacre, during the communal riots in Gujarat in 2002. The film traces the journey of the Pithawala family while trying to locate their missing son. It is said that director Rahul was inspired by a personal tragedy that struck him during the Gujarat riots and hence this film was inspired by that. However, Parzania was banned in Gujarat by the Bajrang Dal and reportedly, they instructed theatre owners not to screen it. Not a single theatre was ready to screen the movie.
Like wise Firaaq - Nandita Das’ directorial debut Firaaq was banned in Gujarat.
Fanaa - The Aamir Khan and Kajol starrer Fanaa was never released in Gujarat. Directed by Kunal Kohli, the film follows the journey of the two lead protagonists, one in search of love and the other, on a mission to accomplish his goal. The film faced an unofficial ban in the state due to Aamir Khan’s stand on the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) which irked the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) who threatened to ban the film unless and until Aamir issued an apology for his alleged anti-Gujarat remarks. But Mr. Perfectionist did not budge. Aamir had raised his voice against raising the height of the Sardar Sarovar dam which did not go down well with some political authorities in Gujarat. According to a report on Oneindia.com, the actor was quoted saying that he was first Indian and then a Muslim.
How can I forget movie Padmaavat originally titled " Padmavati". Hindu groups and a Rajput caste organization allege that the movie includes an intimate scene in which the Muslim king dreams of becoming intimate with the Hindu queen. Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali has said the film does not feature such a "dream sequence" at all. Those scenes were edited but still Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje announced that Sanjay Leela Bhansali's controversial film “Padmavati”, retitled “Padmavat”, will not release in the state on January 25. Honoring the sentiments of the people of the state, the film will not be released in Rajasthan.
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed before the J&K High Court to stop the screening of Bollywood movie ‘Shikara’ for “wrong portrayal of Kashmiri Muslims and the mass migration of Kashmiri Pandits in 1990”.
Recently, public interest litigation (PIL) had been filed by Intezar Hussain Sayed which sought a stay on the release of the movie ‘The Kashmir Files’. According to the plea, the film's trailer purported to portray Muslims slaughtering Kashmiri Pandits, thereby, injuring the community's sentiments. He claimed that the one-sided view of the event could possibly trigger violence between communities. Now, the Bombay High Court has dismissed the plea. The Kashmir Files, directed by Vivek Agnihotri, is based on the lives of Kashmiri Pandits and is based on true events. Anupam Kher and Mithun Chakraborty are the leads of the movie. The PIL was dismissed by a bench consisting of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice MS Karnik (PIL).
Bombay HC scraps PILs against Alia Bhatt's Gangubai Kathiawadi. Bombay High Court has scrapped two PILs, and a writ against Alia Bhatt's film, Gangubai Kathiawadi. Petitioners did not pursue alternative remedies before coming to the high court, said Bombay High Court, while rejecting petitions against Gangubai Kathiawadi. The detailed order by the Bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice MS Karnik of the Bombay High court dismissed the petitions against Alia Bhatt starrer film Gangubai Kathiawadi has been signed by the judges and made it public.
Now I hope you can understand to entertain us its not an easy task for the movie crew and production houses. Many problems they have to face just for one movie release. Its not the way now a days public blindly say nepotism plays an important role behind banning the movie . Outsider movie never release and nepo-kids movies never chance to ban. Its not that much easy its just wrong statements which viral by Bollywood haters.