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5 films that were banned in India but appreciated abroad

By: Eastern Eye Staff

1. Water The movie was an Indo-Canadian production directed by the ever-challenging Deepa Mehta. With a script exploring the lives of widows in a Vanarasi ashram, screenwriter Anurag Kashyap provoked a great deal of controversy in India. To the extent that filming had to be moved to Sri Lanka.  The film is also the third and final instalment of Mehta’s Elements trilogy. It was preceded by Fire (1996) and Earth (1998). 2. Paanch Violence, drug abuse and hard language were not appreciated by the CBFC  and hence the film objected. The film never got a theatrical or home-video release. The…

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