Top 10 Banned Movies in India to Avoid Controversy and Conflict. Movies are not just made for the entertainment purpose, but they serve another very crucial purpose. Is there a message or a lesson behind it?. Every movie has some kind of message; they are promoting some subjects like moral values and ethics. While others have deeper meanings and also agendas, like political or religious issues that need addressing, which is why governments always banned some movies that are controversial and can influence the audience in a wrong manner. Today, we brought you a list of Top 8 Banned Movies in India to Avoid Controversy and Conflict
Banned Movies in India
All these given in this list are banned for several reasons, like some having inappropriate sexual content, some having political influence or some promoting violence. There are also some movies that are banned just to save the image of one person who has been politically involved in something harmful for the country.
Bandit Queen
This is one of the contribution movies, which was banned in India for its sexual content and bold scenes. But later on, the subject Phoolan Devi challenged the High Court for authenticity and won the case.
Water
The movie faced opposition during the shooting time from the Hindu organisation. Varanasi and the sets were also destroyed, which is why they have to ship the shooting to Sri Lanka. The movie was released much later in March 2007.
Angry Indian Goddess
This movie is about women and their lives filled with harassment and frequent discrimination. This movie was released after a long battle with the critics when scenes were very cut down to make it more audience-friendly. Later it was released in 2015.
Fire
It was released much later after uncut scenes. After the opening day in India, many theatres were attacked by Hindus for depicting a lesbian relationship, which destroyed their cultural ethics.
Kissa Kursi Ka
A movie based on political issues which was banned by the Congress government about the emergency in India. Everything related to this movie was burnt by Sanjay Gandhi supporters, and this movie was later remade with a different cast.
Paanch
This movie was banged by the government of India for glorifying drug use, violence and sexual abuse. Later it was certified with cuts but went unreleased.
Papilio Buddha
This movie was initially banned due to its criticism of Mahatma Gandhi. It was later released after anti-Gandhi speeches were muted or blurred in the movie.
India: The Modi Question
This movie is in another documentary made by the BBC explaining the role of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Gujarat riots of 2002, which was blocked from being released by the government of India.
India’s Daughter
It is a documentary movie about the 2012 Delhi gang rape of Nirbhaya. It was prevented from being released, as it would hurt the sentiments of the Indian audience, as they were remarks defending the rape, which made the people outraged, and the film was also deleted from YouTube as well.
Conclusion
Some of these movies are available on YouTube and OTT but some are not available anywhere, as they are strictly banned from any broadcasting platform in India. What do you think – should movies be banned in order to protect the image or truth of any incident or not?
So this was the Top 10 Banned Movies in India to Avoid Controversy and Conflict. I hope you have found the answer to your question. For all the latest updates regarding entertainment and fashion, stay tuned with Matlabi News, your one-stop solution for all hot trends and gossip.
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