This document provides an index for a paper on art and censorship. It discusses various forms of art like paintings, novels, movies and music. It then discusses types of censorship like those related to religious issues, sexuality, politics etc. It provides examples of paintings, novels and movies that faced censorship issues in India, describing what they were censored for. It also discusses how censorship and sex in Indian entertainment has evolved over time with examples of bold movie scenes. It concludes that censorship plays a role in controlling expression and reducing threats to society, while also introducing sex education.

1. Name : Sourav Das
Dept : ME
Class Roll No : 56
College : Future Institute of Engg
and management

2. Index
• What is ART ?
• What is CENCORSHIP ?
• What are the types of ART?
• What are the types of
CENCORSHIP?
• ART as PAINTING
• CENCORED PAINTINGS
• ART as MOVIES & MUSIC
• ART as NOVEL
• CENCORED NOVELS
• ART as NOVEL
• CENCORED MOVIES
• SEX IN INDIAN
ENTERTAINMENT
• CONCLUSION
• AKNOWLEDGEMENT
• BIBLIOGRAPHY

3. What is ART
The expression or application of
human creative skill and
imagination, typically in a visual
form such as painting, music,
literature, and dance or
sculpture, producing works to
be appreciated primarily for
their beauty or emotional

4. What is
CensorshipCensorship is the suppression of
speech, public communication or
other information which may be
considered objectionable,
harmful, sensitive, politically
incorrect or inconvenient as
determined by governments,
media outlets, authorities or

5. Types of ART
• Paintings
• Novels and Books
• Movies
• Music
• Drama

6. Types of CENCORSHIP
• Religious Issues
• Sexual explicit
• Political issues
• Blood and violence
• Censored by Islamic Society

7. Art as
Paintings
Painting is a form of art
through which painters
express their imaginations
on canvas to inspire,
motivate or protest.

8. Painter who faced Criticism
Maqbool Fida Husain
(17 Sept 1915 - 9 June 2011) was an
Indian painter commonly known as
M.F Husain.
His paintings which faced major
criticism was on :-
Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa , the
Ramayana , the Mahabharata , Hindu
God and Goddesses .
From his painting it was clear he hated
Hindu and Hindu ideology.

13. Art as Books and
Novels
A novel is a long narrative,
normally in
prose, which describes fictional
characters
and events, usually in the form of a
sequential story.

14. Novels which faced Criticism
Date Work Author Notes
1924 Rangila Rasul Anonymous
In May 1924, this Urdu booklet was
published in Lahore. The booklet
purportedly described Prophet
Muhammad’s relationship with women.
The publisher, Raj Pal , was charged under
153A of the Indian Penal Code for hate
speech by the Punjab government. The
final disposition came in May 1927. The
court declared that law does not prohibit
satirical writings about the deceased and
the publisher was acquitted with a warning.
On 6 April 1929, the publisher was
murdered . The murderer, a Muslim youth,
was sentenced to death and the sentenced
was carried out on 31 October 1929.

15. Date Work Author Notes
1960
The Lotus
and the
Robot
Arthur
Koestler
This book contains the author's experiences in
India and Japan. The book was highly critical of the
cultures of both nations. The book was banned for
its negative portrayal of Gandhi.
1964
An Area of
Darkness
V. S.
Naipaul
Banned for its negative portrayal of India and its
people
1988
The Satanic
Verses
Salman
Rushdie
This book cannot be imported into India. Import
ban was imposed after Muslim groups protested
that it was blasphemous and hurt their religious
sentiments. India was the first country to ban this
book.
2002
Five Past
Midnight in
Bhopal
Dominiqu
e Lapierre
and Javier
Moro
The book is a dramatized account of the Bhopal
disaster. In 2002, Swaraj Puri filed a defamation
suit against the authors worth 10 million USD. Puri,
who was the police commissioner of Bhopal during
the disaster is mentioned in the book. In 2009, the
court put an order to halt publication of the book.
But, the Madhya Pradesh High Court revoked the
order later

16. Date Work Author Notes
1995
The Moor's
Last Sigh
Salman
Rushdie
The book contained a character resembling Balasaheb
Thackeray. the leader of the right-wing party Shiv Sena.
The book faced protests from the party. The book also
contained a dog named, Jawaharlal, named after India's
first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. Prime Minister P.
V. Narasimha Rao unofficially banned the book. Rupa &
Co. decided to approach the Supreme Court of India in
response. The court the declared the ban
unconstitutional in February 1996.However, book sellers
were reluctant to stock the book in Maharashtra, the
home of Shiv Sena, due to the fear of vandalism.
2003 Dwikhandito
Taslima
Nasrin
The CPI(M) government banned the book on 28
November 2003 fearing that book could incite
communal discord. In November 2003, the Calcutta High
Court put out an injunction against publication after a
poet, Syed Hasmat Jalal, filed an 11 crore INR
defamation suit. On 22 September 2005, the court lifted
the ban.
2005
The True
Furqan
Al Saffee,
Al Mahdee
Banned for purportedly mocking Islam. The book has
been allegedly written by a Christian evangelical group
to proselytize Muslims.

17. Art as Movies
Movies are another form of art
through motion pictures in
which realistic scenario of the
society, drama emotion ,horror ,
love , hatred , sacrifice are
portrayed by actors.

18. Movies which got banned
Year Film Banned for
1921 Bhakta Vidur
Banned in Karachi and Madras for political reasons. the film
came right after Jallianwala Bagh massacre and Rowlatt act.
The character Vidura was moulded upon personality of
Mahatma Gandhi.
1959
Neel Akasher
Neechey
It was banned for two months for overt political overtones;
it showed the troubles faced by an immigrant Chinese wage
laborer in 1930s Calcutta
1973 Garam Hawa
The release was held up by the censors for 8 months. The
film depicted a Muslim family during the partition of India.
1992 City of Joy
The shooting was banned in Calcutta for a while due to
negative portrayal of the city.
1996
Kama Sutra: A
Tale of Love
It was banned due to sexual content. The version released
in India had 2 minute cut of nudity.
2001 Paanch
It was banned for glorifing drugs, sex and violence, later
certified with cuts but went unreleased.

19. Year Film Banned for
2004 The Pink Mirror The film was denied a rating for its homosexual content
2010 Raajneeti
Raajneeti was first denied a certificate by the censor board of
India for their thought that the lead character played by Katrina
Kaif is inspired fully or partially from the Congress Party's chief
Sonia Gandhi and Rashtriya Janata Dal's chief Rabri Devi
2008 Jodhaa Akbar
The film was banned after protests from the Rajput community over
Jodha Bai’s depiction as Akbar's wife. The Supreme Court later lifted the
ban.
2013 Vishwaroopam
The film was banned after objections were expressed by Muslim groups
regarding the portrayal of the Muslim community in a bad light. The
movie was later released after seven scenes were cut.
2013 Kangal Malsat
In February 2013, a revising committee of the CBFC refused to pass the
film citing excessive use of abusive language, sexuality and frivolous
approach in portraying of social movements. The film was cleared later
by the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal after some edits.

20. Sex in Indian
entertainment
According to our culture sex is a taboo. Sex is only accepted
after marriage. Pre-marital sex is opposed. Our country has
still not modified enough to face the bare truth of sex.
Thus portraying sex scenes in movies were opposed
in India about 10 years ago. But with time the restriction
towards sex has declined.
Many Indian film makers (e.g Mahesh Bhatt, Pooja Bhatt,
Ekta Kapoor etc) portray sex as main role in their movies.

21. Movies Bold scene
Aitraaz
Aitraaz had Priyanka playing the role of a powerful
boss seducing her junior (Akshay Kumar) with whom
she has a scandalous history. She played the role of a
scheming woman to perfection.
Shuddh Desi
Romance
The movie boasts of 27 kissing scenes! Shuddh Desi
Romance is an interesting love triangle between
Sushant Singh Rajput, Parineeti Chopra and Vaani
Kapoor.
The Dirty
Picture
The Dirty Picture was bold. From faking an orgasm to
visiting a porno film producer's den, Vidya Balan did
it all! The movie explored the issues of the casting
couch too.
Sahib, Biwi
aur Gangster
Sahib Biwi Aur Gangster saw Mahie Gill's character
obsessed with sex. The movie changed the laws of
courtship. Her kinky lovemaking scene with Randeep
Hooda where they record it on a cellphone is worth
mentioning.
Khwahish Khwahish was controversy queen, Mallika Sherawat's
debut movie based on an extra marital affair that
goes bad. Mallika Sherwat and Himanshu Mallik
shared 17 kisses in the film.

22. Movie Bold scene
Delhi Belly
Delhi Belly had a free flow of obscene dialogue and
objectionable lyrics. But, that wasn't all! We saw, Imran
Khan going down on Shehnaz Treasurywala in the
movie. Not to forget the scene where Poorna
Jagganathan and Imran sex in hotel.
Love, Sex Aur
Dhokha (LSD)
The name says it all! The movie was based on sex
scandals, MMS and reality. LSD had three sub-plots-
MMS, honour killings, and sting operations. Its boldness
shocked many.
Ragini MMS
Ragini MMS had everybody talking. The movie took the
meaning of voyeurism to a completely new level and
had all the visual offing you could think of.
Zism (sequel) Jism saw a lot of hot lovemaking and sparks flying
between Bipasha and John. , Jism 2 had everybody
interested. One of the main reasons being Sunny Leone
as the leading lady.
Murder With Emran Hashmi in the frame you cannot expect a
clean movie. Murder saw Mallika Sherawat and Emran
Hashmi engage in bold and intimate scenes.

23. And all these movies are maximum edited by the
censor board.
Thus Censor Board of India play a major role of
introducing sex in India. They edit movies so that
It doesn’t portray a wrong notion to the society.
Introducing sex education is a necessary factor.
But these intimate scenes leads to provocation.

24. Conclusion
Censorship plays a major role in control
of expression,
some over excitement are threat to the
society and to reduce
the adverse effect censor are done

25. Bibliography
• HinduJagruti.org
• google.co.in
• google images
• Wikipedia

26. THANK YOU