Bollywood Meets the Minister: Aamir, Anushka, Vidya Discuss Censor Board

Updated: March 16, 2015 21:15 IST

On March 16, Mumbai's famous Sun-n-Sand Hotel was packed with members from the film fraternity who met Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, to discuss restrictions placed recently by the Censor Board on films.

Bollywood Meets the Minister: Aamir, Anushka, Vidya Discuss Censor Board
On March 16, Mumbai's famous Sun-n-Sand Hotel was packed with members from the film fraternity who met Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, to discuss restrictions placed recently by the Censor Board on films.

Actor Aamir Khan, always at the forefront of issues concerning his fraternity and otherwise, was casually dressed in a grey T-shirt. He was seen with producer Mukesh Bhatt.

Bollywood Meets the Minister: Aamir, Anushka, Vidya Discuss Censor Board
Anushka Sharma, whose NH10 was cleared by the Censor Board after nine cuts, looked fabulous in a beige outfit, her chic look accentuated by an elegant updo.

Bollywood Meets the Minister: Aamir, Anushka, Vidya Discuss Censor Board
Aamir's wife Kiran Rao and actress Deepika Padukone drove down together.
Bollywood Meets the Minister: Aamir, Anushka, Vidya Discuss Censor Board
Deepika, gorgeous in cream and white, greeted Anushka warmly.
Bollywood Meets the Minister: Aamir, Anushka, Vidya Discuss Censor Board
The Three Musketeers: Anushka and Aamir posed with their PK director Rajkumar Hirani.
Bollywood Meets the Minister: Aamir, Anushka, Vidya Discuss Censor Board
Rajkumar Hirani, filmmaker Karan Johar, Anushka Sharma and Deepika Padukone happily posed for a group picture.
Bollywood Meets the Minister: Aamir, Anushka, Vidya Discuss Censor Board
Anushka, actress Vidya Balan and film critic Anupama Chopra arrived together.

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Bollywood Meets the Minister: Aamir, Anushka, Vidya Discuss Censor Board
Aamir's wife Kiran Rao seemed to be in a much jollier mood than her husband.
Bollywood Meets the Minister: Aamir, Anushka, Vidya Discuss Censor Board
Kiran exchanged pleasantries with good friend Karan Johar.

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Bollywood Meets the Minister: Aamir, Anushka, Vidya Discuss Censor Board
Actor Riteish Deshmukh, dapper in a Nehru kacket worn over a white outfit, shook hands with Rajyavardhan Rathore.

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Bollywood Meets the Minister: Aamir, Anushka, Vidya Discuss Censor Board
PK director Rajkumar Hirani, Anushka Sharma, Vidya Balan and Riteish Deshmukh listened to the proceedings in rapt attention.
Bollywood Meets the Minister: Aamir, Anushka, Vidya Discuss Censor Board
As did the other members of the delegation, including filmmakers Ramesh Sippy and Karan Johar.
Bollywood Meets the Minister: Aamir, Anushka, Vidya Discuss Censor Board
Rajyavardhan Rathore was seated next to producer Mukesh Bhatt who said after the meeting, "We were feeling vulnerable, restless, insecure. Will interact with ministry more."

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Bollywood Meets the Minister: Aamir, Anushka, Vidya Discuss Censor Board
Directors Sudhir Mishra and Anurag Kashyap were also a part of the delegation. The Censor Board has come down hard on Mr Kashyap's production Hunterrr.
Bollywood Meets the Minister: Aamir, Anushka, Vidya Discuss Censor Board
Lyricist Gulzar and director Vishal Bhardwaj were also conspicuous among the sea of dignitaries.
Bollywood Meets the Minister: Aamir, Anushka, Vidya Discuss Censor Board
Producer Ekta Kapoor also participated in the discussion.
Bollywood Meets the Minister: Aamir, Anushka, Vidya Discuss Censor Board
Actress Shabana Azmi, in a peach churidaar kurta, preceded Mr Rathore.
Bollywood Meets the Minister: Aamir, Anushka, Vidya Discuss Censor Board
Actress Deepa Sahi also made her presence felt.
Bollywood Meets the Minister: Aamir, Anushka, Vidya Discuss Censor Board
Director Sudhir Mishra wore a grey T-shirt and a pair of beige trousers.
Bollywood Meets the Minister: Aamir, Anushka, Vidya Discuss Censor Board
Director Anurag Kashyap, whose production Hunterrr was cleared by the Censor Board after changes in dialogue, was also a part of the delegation.
Bollywood Meets the Minister: Aamir, Anushka, Vidya Discuss Censor Board
As was Badlapur director Sriram Raghavan whose Badlapur was the first to be impacted by the Censor Board ban on cuss words.
Bollywood Meets the Minister: Aamir, Anushka, Vidya Discuss Censor Board
Actress Vidya Balan, pretty in a blue salwar kameez, was accompanied by her husband, Disney India head Siddharth Roy Kapur.

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