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"I think 'intolerance' has become a taboo for everyone. If you talk about censorship then I agree with Benegal. Cinema is a creative medium. The director has the right to express. In the times of social media, with everything on internet just a click away, I wonder how censoring a few things could help," said Divya
"India is the biggest democracy. We have the right to say what we want to say and people have the right to protest. If there are things that some think are wrong, then people have the right to speak up," Mr Shroff said on the sidelines of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) here
"IFFI, a government film festival, is taking a different course. It is no longer about good cinema. This is about entertainment. I feel very reluctant to say this, but the chief guest (Anil Kapoor) at the IFFI opening ceremony was dancing on stage? Is this an intention to make the film festival another arm of Bollywood, to entertain," Mr Chatterjee said
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, inaugurated the Indian Panorama section at the ongoing International Film Festival of India in Goa. Sanskrit film Priyamanasam is the opening film in the feature section, while documentary movie Goonga Pehalwan kick-started the non-feature category
The 44th edition of the Indian International Film Festival, which officially opened in Goa on Tuesday, November 20, was a star studded event.
