Kamal urges media to drop ‘censorship’ in context of films

Actor and MNM president Kamal Haasan. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM

Actor-politician Kamal Haasan has urged Tamil media to debar utilizing the word “censorship” with notation to films, noting that the connection had been formally acceptable speech aft years of debate. In a societal media post, helium pointed retired that India’s movie regulatory assemblage had been renamed the Central Board of Film Certification, reflecting a displacement distant from the thought of “censoring” cinema. He said the word “censorship” had been legally contested and rendered obsolete, and should nary longer beryllium utilized by media outlets. Mr. Haasan said a antiauthoritarian authorities should not assertion the close to censor art, a rule wide accepted successful planetary cinema. He added that Tamil cinema had besides stood by this position.

Published - March 22, 2026 01:04 americium IST