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The merchandise of Jana Nayagan the high-budget farewell movie of actor-politician Vijay, has reached a ineligible and bureaucratic impasse that threatens a ₹500 crore investment. The movie was diverted to a Revising Committee conscionable days earlier its planned January 2026 debut. This last-minute involution fuelled allegations of a “political conspiracy” intended to stifle Vijay’s introduction into politics.
This was not an isolated lawsuit but portion of a monolithic inclination successful Indian cinema. Data amusement that betwixt 2017 and 2025, the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has altered much than 720 hours of movie content. Data shows that 76% of these modifications were outright deletions, totaling astir 550 hours of footage removed from nationalist view.
Tune successful to cognize the mechanics down these “silent scissors” successful this occurrence of In Focus.
Guest: Aroon Deep, a writer and tech analogous astatine The Hindu
Host: Nitika Francis
Edited by Jude Weston
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