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Censor (2001)

Dev Anand

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Release Date2001
GenreRomance
FormatColor
LanguageHindi
Run Time165 min
Gauge35mm
Censor RatingU/A
Shooting LocationR K Studio, Filmcity, Essel Studio, NBC Studio, Khanna House, Tata Bungalow, Kohinoor Hotel, Royal Palm, Bassein Nest, Himalaya Bungalow, Bhalla Bungalow

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"Censor" is a satire on film censorship in India, it's theme about it's vagaries and it's double standards while censoring the Films. It's fictionised characters revolve around a film that gets stuck in censorship in it's own country while it wins the ultimate called "Millennium World Academy Award" in the foreign language category in America, thus making the judge in the court of law in India, where the producer of the film is fighting his case with the Censor Board, pass a crucial judgement that the country needs to review it's Censor policy in the context of it's fast development global proximity.

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