Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan Thursday flagged the issue of free speech, and censorship in the film industry over the years at Kolkata International Film Festival. Big B referred to the history of censorship in Indian cinema and said that even now questions are being raised on civil liberties and freedom of expression.
In a video shared by news agency ANI, Amitabh addressed the gathering from the stage and spoke on cinema and censorship. He said, “The 1952 Cinematograph Act set out the structure of censorship as it stands today upheld by the film certification board (Central Board of Film Certification). But even now, ladies and gentlemen--and I am sure my colleagues on stage will agree--questions are being raised on civil liberties and freedom of expression.”
#WATCH | "Even now, questions are being raised on civil liberties and freedom of expression": Amitabh Bachchan at the 28th Kolkata International Film Festival
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At the event, Shah Rukh Khan also sent a veiled message to social media trolls as his upcoming film Pathaan is facing boycott calls on Twitter. Concluding his speech at the festival, the actor said, “The world has become normal. We are all happy, I am the happiest. And I have no objection in stating that duniya kuch bhi kar le, main aur aap log aur jitney bhi positive log hain sab ke sab, zinda hain (me, you all and all the positive people are alive).” His final ‘zinda hain’, delivered in the style of his character from Pathaan, drew cheers from the large crowd gathered there."
Kolkata International Film Festival was inaugurated in the presence of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee as well as several Bollywood bigwigs, including Amitabh, Shah Rukh Khan, Jaya Bachchan, and Rani Mukerji among others
(Source: ANI)
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