Chennai, May 7 (IANS) The Central Board of Film Certification has now cleared director Jeethu Joseph’s eagerly awaited Malayalam film ‘Drishyam 3’, featuring Malayalam superstar Mohanlal in the lead, for release with a U/A 13 + certificate. Taking to his social media timelines, Mohanlal said, “#Drishyam3 censored with U/A 13+ certificate. In Cinemas Worldwide from May 21, 2026.”Excitement for the film, the third instalment in the immensely popular series, has shot up ever since the makers chose …
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Chennai, May 4 (IANS) The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has now cleared director Rathna Kumar’s eagerly awaited upcoming romantic entertainer ’29 The Film’, featuring actors Vidhu and Preethi Asrani in the lead, for release with a ‘U/A’ certificate. Taking to its X timeline, Stone Bench Productions, one of the two production houses producing the film, wrote, “Unconditional love Accepted – #29theFilm is censored with a UA. In theatres worldwide on the 8th of May! #29FromMay8.”Expecta…
Chennai, April 29 (IANS) The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has now cleared director Prem’s upcoming action spectacle ‘KD: The Devil’, featuring Kannada star Dhruva Sarja in the lead, for release with an ‘A’ certificate. Confirming the development, KVN Productions, the production house producing the film, on its X timeline on Wednesday said, “‘A’ CERTIFIED. Raw. Ruthless. Real #KDTheDevil 1 DAY TO GO.”It may be recalled that the makers of the film had recently expressed regret …
Hyderabad, April 25 (IANS) The Central Board of Film Certification has now cleared director Ritesh Rana’s upcoming action comedy, ‘Jetlee’, featuring actor Satya in the lead, for release with a U/A certificate. For the unaware,the film is slated to hit screens worldwide on May 1 this year.Mythri Movie Makers, the production house producing the film, took to its X timeline to make the announcement.It wrote, “This flight is for everyone to enjoy. #JetLee is Censored U/A! Get ready to experience in…
Chennai, April 12 (IANS) In a major breakthrough in the illegal leak of actor and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leader C. Joseph Vijay’s big-budget film ‘Jana Nayagan’, the Cyber Crime Wing of Tamil Nadu Police has arrested six individuals in connection with the case. The arrests were made on Sunday, two days after the highly anticipated film surfaced online, triggering outrage within the film industry and raising serious concerns over digital piracy.According to police sources, the arrested pe…
Chennai, March 28 (IANS) The Central Board of Film Certification has now cleared ‘Vaazha 2’, the second instalment of the superhit Malayalam franchise ‘Vaazha’, for release with a U/A certificate. The makers of the film made this announcement using the film’s official Instagram handle. Putting out a film poster that showed that the film had been certified U/A by the Censor Board, the makers wrote, “Certified U/A 13+. Bookings Open Soon!! #Vaazha2 in cinemas worldwide on April 2nd, 2026!”The make…
Chennai, March 19 (IANS) The makers of director R.S. Durai Senthilkumar’s upcoming film, ‘Leader’, featuring businessman-turned-actor Legend Saravanan in the lead, have now announced that their action drama will hit screens worldwide on April 9. The makers also announced that the film had been cleared for release by the Central Board of Film Certification with a U/A certificate.Director Durai Senthilkumar took to his X timeline to share an announcement poster put out by the makers. He wrote, “FR…
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, reacting to the public furore over the explicitly vulgar song ‘Sarka Chunar’, cautioned the filmmakers on Tuesday against ‘abusing’ the freedom of speech and called for exercising it within the accepted societal standards.Speaking in Lok Sabha, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said, “A ban has already been imposed on the song. I must tell the House clearly that we must respect and operate according to the…
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), the Union Ministries of Electronics and Information Technology and Information & Broadcasting, and Google India over allegations that recently released track “Sarke Chunar” from from the upcoming film “KD: The Devil” contains objectionable and sexually suggestive lyrics accessible to children. A Bench presided by NHRC Member Priyank Kanoongo took co…
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has certified 71,963 films over the last five years, while also reducing the average time taken for certification of feature films to 22 working days with the implementation of an online system, the Government informed the Rajya Sabha.Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L. Murugan shared the details in response to questions raised by Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge.According to…