119 of 160 Cong candidates for UP polls are debutants

Making a conscious effort to shun the old baggage and present her party in a 'new avatar' in Uttar Pradesh, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has hand-picked over 70 per cent new......

Benegal Committee submits recommendations on censorship to IB ministry

Ace filmmaker Goutam Ghosh, a member of the Shyam Benegal-led censor board revamp committee, said the panel has submitted some recommendations to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry regarding......

Important to grade films, not cut them: Shyam Benegal after 1st CBFC reforms meet

Film certification guidelines need contemporary interpretation and should be as non-discretionary as possible, Information and Broadcasting minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday as he met the......

Censorship issues must be looked at from time to time, says Benegal

Filmmaker Shyam Benegal, named by the I&B Ministry to head a panel to look into the revamp of the censor board, on Friday said that the film certification body has been no stranger to......

Markets tend to speed up after Budget, not before

Since 1999, average 2-month return after Budget has been over 2%; trend negative in the month before ‘Pre-Budget rally’ might be the buzzword for the stock markets. However, the markets......

'Filmmakers don't spread communal hatred'

IMAGE: The Censor Board and filmmaker Anurag Kashyap are currently battling over the 89 'cuts' recommended for Udta Punjab.   'The very basis of film censorship lies in the fact that films......

Film criticism is a double-edged sword

In a world of high stakes where one film can make or break careers, the critic lays himself on the line when giving his opinion, says Suparn Verma. Criticism is in our DNA. We are all critics and......