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‘Cinema’ and ‘Censorship’ in India
Name : Solanki Sardarsinh
Roll No :24 Semester : 4 Year : 2014-15
Paper 15 : Mass Communication and Mass
Studies
Submitted to:
Smt. S.B.Gardi
Department Of English
M.K.Bhavnagar University
1). cinema(n):
1).A theatre where films are shown.
2).The production of films as an art orb industry
2).censorship(n):
An official who examines books, films etc. and bans
anything considered offensive or a threat to security.
According to Oxford English Dictionary
What is Cinema and Censorship?
 ‘Raja Harish Chandra’ (1913)
produced by Dadasaheb Phalke.
 The Indian Masala film—a slang
used for commercial films with
song, dance, romance etc.—
came up following the second
world war.
Regional
Cinema
Hindi
cinema
Gujarati
cinema
Bhojpuri
cinema
Bengali
cinema
 The Central Board of Film
Certification, the regulatory
film body of India, regularly
orders directors to remove
anything it deems offensive,
including sex, nudity,
violence or subjects
considered politically
subversive.
In 2002, the film ‘War and Peace’, depicting scenes
of nuclear testing and the September 11, 2001 attacks,
created by Anand Patwardhan, was asked to make 21
cuts before it was allowed to have the certificate for
release.
1). Relation between ‘Cinema’ and ‘censorship’
2). Is it possibility of power politics in the field of
‘cinema’ and ‘censorship’ in India?
3). Is it a ‘censorship’ for the advantages in Indian
cinema or disadvantages?
    ‘Cinema’ and ‘Censorship’ in India
    ‘Cinema’ and ‘Censorship’ in India

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‘Cinema’ and ‘Censorship’ in India

  • 1. ‘Cinema’ and ‘Censorship’ in India Name : Solanki Sardarsinh Roll No :24 Semester : 4 Year : 2014-15 Paper 15 : Mass Communication and Mass Studies Submitted to: Smt. S.B.Gardi Department Of English M.K.Bhavnagar University
  • 2.
  • 3. 1). cinema(n): 1).A theatre where films are shown. 2).The production of films as an art orb industry 2).censorship(n): An official who examines books, films etc. and bans anything considered offensive or a threat to security. According to Oxford English Dictionary What is Cinema and Censorship?
  • 4.  ‘Raja Harish Chandra’ (1913) produced by Dadasaheb Phalke.  The Indian Masala film—a slang used for commercial films with song, dance, romance etc.— came up following the second world war.
  • 6.  The Central Board of Film Certification, the regulatory film body of India, regularly orders directors to remove anything it deems offensive, including sex, nudity, violence or subjects considered politically subversive.
  • 7.
  • 8. In 2002, the film ‘War and Peace’, depicting scenes of nuclear testing and the September 11, 2001 attacks, created by Anand Patwardhan, was asked to make 21 cuts before it was allowed to have the certificate for release.
  • 9.
  • 10.
  • 11.
  • 12.
  • 13.
  • 14. 1). Relation between ‘Cinema’ and ‘censorship’ 2). Is it possibility of power politics in the field of ‘cinema’ and ‘censorship’ in India? 3). Is it a ‘censorship’ for the advantages in Indian cinema or disadvantages?