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Censorship and content in Indian Films

By  Vivek S Legendragod The Indian film industry, inclusive of all its regional language industries – Malayalam (Mollywood), Tamil (Kollywood), Telugu (Tollywood), Kannada (Sandalwood), Hindi (Bollywood), etc. stand united under the issue of censorship by CBFC (Central Board of Film Certification), apart from other problems unimportant like misogyny, female objectification, masala, star-driven movies, plagiarism and piracy. One might say, these same problems are real even for British and American films (Hollywood), so what’s the big deal? Well, if you ask that way nothing is and the article can end here. But no! We shall go on to discuss the topic title. The Indian film audience can be divided into two groups – ones who watch movies to while away their time with family and friends on their weekends; as a medium of entertainment, nothing wrong in that and they form the majority. These are the target audience for any entertainment flick which is marketed and packaged with...

Shocking: 2.0 teaser leaked! Video goes viral

A 1 minute and 27 seconds long rough cut teaser of the much-anticipated sci-fi thriller, 2.0, shown at a private screening, has been leaked online by some miscreants. The video has been going viral on several social media platforms. Teaser work of 2.0 was in progress at Mobscene, LA. It involved a lot of CG. It is to be noted just that two days ago Rajinikanth's upcoming Kaala film's teaser was leaked online before it was officially released. However, the teaser managed to complete 12M views on youtube after it was released the next day. A significant relief amidst this leakage mess is that the fans are stunned by the breathtaking visuals and Shankar’s visualization in the teaser. The leaked teaser has only heightened expectations of fans on the soon-to-release teaser and of course the movie. Khiladi Akshay Kumar, model-actress Amy Jackson are part of this high budget 3D spectacle. Lyca Productions has financed the movie, and the Mozart of Madras AR Rahman is the ...