Censorship
and Litigation
Virtually all of Anand's films have faced State censorship. Several have also
incurred the wrath of right wing fundamanentalists both in India and abroad.
In keeping with the uneven nature of India's democratic institutions and its
sharply
divided polity, bouquets have been accompanied by brickbats.
Censorship
has often led to successful litigation against the Central Board of Film Certification
(CBFC)
and against the national
public broadcaster, Doordarshan (DD) for its refusal to telecast Anand's
films.
General
Litigation
History Summary: A Table
High Court and Supreme Court Judgements
Banning History
Times of India, July 2010
Filmmakers
win battle
against
Censorship at
National Film Awards
July
2006
Leaflet at the opening of MIFF,
2004
War and Peace
National Award for Best documentary
New Delhi, Feb 2, 2005
No Need for Censor Nod
Deccan Herald, Feb. 2005
Courting Controversy
The Tribune, Oct.2004
Judgement Day ("War
and Peace")
24 April 2003
21 Cuts Demanded ("War
and Peace")
24 August, 2002
6 Cuts Demanded ("War
and Peace")
14 June, 2002
Censors at war with "War
and Peace"
2 June, 2002
Screening cancelled in Kolkota
Ranjan Palit
Father, Son and Holy War
Supreme Court orders telecast of FSHW
August, 2006
Let's wage war on moral police
August 2006 Hindustan Times
"Patwardhan film not suited for unrestricted viewing
DD tells Supreme Court"
The Hindu, May 2006
DD ordered to telecast "Father,
Son and Holy War"
March 2004
Patwardhan may go to court
to force telecast ("Father,
Son and Holy War")
BY UTPAL BORUPUJARI, Asian Age, 10/4/97
Patwardhan runs into trouble with censors
again
Kalpana Sharma, The Hindu, Bombay, Oct. 27, 1995
We are Not your Monkeys
"We are not your monkeys":
VHP angry with Patwardhan
by Koutinya Sinha, Asian Age, Feb. 2002
Ram Ke Naam / In the Name of God
Censorship
at American Museum of Natural History
New York, February 2002
Film ban: Cultural activists to launch mass campaign
Indian Express July 5, 2002
DD ordered to telecast "Ram Ke Naam" at Prime-time
FREE PRESS JOURNAL Jan. 1997
BJP Frowns on Ram Ke Naam
Asian Age 11.03.97
In Memory of Friends
DOORDARSHAN FINALLY TO SHOW "IN MEMORY OF FRIENDS"
Press Release: Sept. 1996
Bombay Our City
'Hamara Shehar'
(Bombay Our City) likely to be telecast
By A Staff Reporter BOMBAY, October 3. 1989
A Time to Rise
Axe on
Documentary
("A Time to Rise")
A. Mahadevan, TAKE 2, May 1982
Waves of Revolution
UNDERGROUND:
The Film That Got Away
India Today July 1-15, 1977
