This document discusses the history and role of film censorship in India. It outlines the establishment of the Cinematograph Act in 1920 and the formation of regional censor boards that were later consolidated into the Central Board of Film Certification in 1952. The classifications of Indian films are described as well as debates around censorship and freedom of expression. Specific controversial films like "Fire", "Padmavat", "Udta Punjab", and "India's Daughter" are mentioned in relation to censorship and bans.

1. Hina chauhan
M.A. Sem-4
Dept. Of English MKBU

2. Visual Memories – Easy to
remember
 Film Studies as a part of
Education
Helps to understand Particular
Culture.

4.  Socrates’ death by drinking poison for his
philosophical teaching.
The Indian Cinematograph Act was passed
and came into effect in 1920.
In the beginning, Censor Boards were
independent bodies placed under the police
chiefs of the cities of Madras, Bombay,
Calcutta, Lahore, and Rangoon.

5.  In 1947, the autonomy of the regional censors
was abolished and the independent bodies were
culminated into the Bombay Board of Film Censors.
 The post-independence Cinematograph Act of
1952 saw the reorganisation of the Bombay Board
into the Central Board of Film Censors. With the
revision of cinematograph rules in 1983, the body
was renamed to the Central Board of Film
Certification.

7. The current classifications of films in India are as
follows:
अ / U – unrestricted public exhibition;
अ/व / U/A – unrestricted public exhibition, but
with a caution regarding parental guidance to those
under 12 years of age;
व / A – public exhibition restricted to adults 18
years of age and older only;
S – public exhibition restricted to members of a
profession or a class of persons (e.g. doctors etc.)—
very rare

8. Freedom of Expression.
Certain Restrictions on Content?
Films are not just for
Entertainment.
Bans- Political weapon

9. • “Fire”
• “Padmavat”
• “Udta Panjab”
• “India’s Daughter”

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