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A woman rides an escalator past a poster for the film Bohemian Rhapsody at a movie theater in Beijing. (AFP)

Chinese viewers balk at 'Bohemian Rhapsody' film censorship

1 min read . 27 Mar 2019

Hotstar, Voot, ZEE5, Arre, SonyLIV, ALT Balaji, Reliance Jio, Netflix and Eros Now have currently agreed to sign up to the code. Photo: Bloomberg

Hotstar, SonyLIV, Netflix and 6 other video streaming players adopt self-regulation code

1 min read . 17 Jan 2019

Netflix, was drawn into a legal battle last year after a complaint that its first Indian original series ‘Sacred Games’ insulted former prime minister and Congress leader Rajiv Gandhi. Photo: Reuters

Netflix, Hotstar said to start censoring content in India

2 min read . 17 Jan 2019

The Dirty Picture, the bold Vidya Balan-starrer based on the life of Silk Smitha, has scenes and dialogues missing on Amazon Prime Video.

Amazon Prime Video is self-censoring Hindi movies, Netflix isn’t

3 min read . 08 Jan 2019

By bleeping out the f-word, or laying down other restrictions on Netflix and Amazon Prime shows, the censor board will only be pretending a reality that does not exist.

Opinion | Do not censor Netflix, Amazon Prime Video in India

3 min read . 26 Nov 2018

CEO Sundar Pichai says Google’s China search engine, a censored version of the original product, would still serve over 99% of queries. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Opinion | Google and the Great Internet Wall of China

3 min read . 23 Oct 2018

Illustration: Jayachandran/Mint

Opinion | Chasing the China market and enduring censorship

4 min read . 21 Aug 2018

Google withdrew its search engine from China eight years ago due to censorship and hacking but it is now working on a project for the country codenamed ‘Dragonfly’. Photo: AFP

Google said to develop censor-friendly search engine for China

2 min read . 02 Aug 2018

Illustration: Jayachandra/Mint

Anti-trafficking Bill may lead to censorship

4 min read . 24 Jul 2018

Dibakar Banerjee. Photo: Hindustan Times

Dibakar Banerjee: ‘All of us turn into hustlers when we go and present our films to the censor board’

5 min read . 14 Jul 2018

Shyam Benegal: It is not the job of the CBFC to function as a moral custodian of the public

5 min read . 14 Jul 2018

A still from ‘Lipstick Under My Burkha’.

The woman of a censor’s dream

8 min read . 14 Jul 2018

A still from ‘A Throw Of Dice’.

100 years of film censorship in India

14 min read . 14 Jul 2018

A still from ‘Raja Harishchandra’, one of the earliest films in the industry.

The most unkind cut of all

4 min read . 13 Jul 2018

A still from ‘C.I.D.’.

A fuss over ‘fiffy’

1 min read . 13 Jul 2018

A still from the music video for ‘Kaanta Laga’.

Censorship killed the video star

5 min read . 13 Jul 2018

A still from the song ‘Tadbeer Se Bigdi Hui Taqdeer Bana Le’ (‘Baazi’, 1951), where Geeta Bali is strumming a guitar.

In 1952, Hindi film songs were banned on All India Radio

4 min read . 13 Jul 2018

A still from ‘Queen’ (the brassiere was blurred for theatrical release).

Those obscured objects of desire

3 min read . 13 Jul 2018

A still from ‘An Insignificant Man’.

Messing with reality

2 min read . 13 Jul 2018

From Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Notorious’ to Lekh Tandon’s ‘Amrapali’, directors over the decades have found ways to cleverly transcend censorship limits.

Slipping past the censors

4 min read . 13 Jul 2018