Why Censor Board rejected documentary on Modi's Banaras election

August 30, 2015 19:40

Political rhetoric and name calling in the heat of a election campaign goes unnoticed, but looks "horrifying" when seen later.

When Kamal Swaroop presented his film 'Dance of Democracy-Battle for Banaras' based on the Narendra Modi-Arvind Kejriwal electoral fight in May 2014, to the Central Board of Film Certification, they rejected it out of hand.

The Board found the comments made by candidates about their rivals during the run up to the elections too hot to handle.

They simply refuse to pass the film, saying that even cutting the film was not possible.

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