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Protests After Satirical Bengali Film Pulled Out Of Theatres Post Release
Film buffs and youth activists on Sunday joined a sit-in protest against the withdrawal of director Anik Dutta's film "Bhobishyoter Bhoot" (Ghost of the Future) from almost all multiplexes and single screen theatres in West Bengal.
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Mahesh Bhatt Blames Protests Against Films on 'Many Indias'
"In a nation, where you have this type of tug of war between tradition and thought for change and the censor board has given us a certificate, the onus is on the government of the day to see that our exhibition is unperturbed by any group," Mr Bhatt said
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Protests Against Aamir Khan's 'PK' Triggers Backlash Online
A few theatres in Mumbai on Monday pulled off Aamir Khan starrer "PK" after threats from religious activists who allege that the movie insults Hindu gods.
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Rajinikanth, other actors hold day-long hunger strike for Sri Lankan Tamils
Around 3000 members of the Tamil Nadu film fraternity, including superstars Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan, today held a hunger strike in Chennai to show solidarity with Lankan Tamils. There was no film activity today.
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Pak govt blocks 20,000 websites, including YouTube: Reports
Pakistani authorities have blocked about 20,000 websites, including YouTube, for hosting "objectionable" material like footage from the anti-Islam movie "Innocence of Muslims", an official said today.
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US film protests bring boom for Pakistan flag makers
As Pakistan's mullahs railed against a US-made anti-Islam film, Naveed Haider's print works went into overdrive, running off hundreds of US flags for angry protesters to burn at demonstrations.
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Anti-Islam film protests: Mob sets church on fire in Pakistan
A mob of hundreds of Muslim men attacked and burnt an 82-year-old church and an adjoining school in northwest Pakistan during a protest against an anti-Islam film, sparking concerns among the minority Christian community.
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20 killed across Pakistan in violence during anti-film protests
Nearly 20 people were killed and hundreds injured today when thousands of angry demonstrators during government-sanctioned protests over an anti-Islam film turned violent in several cities across Pakistan on a day being observed as 'Love the Prophet Day'.
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Three killed in Pakistan film protests: Officials
At least three people died in Pakistan on Friday, including a police officer and a driver working for television, during a day of protests condemning a US-made film that has insulted Muslims, officials said.
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Film protesters torch, ransack Pakistan cinemas
Angry demonstrators set fire to two cinemas in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Friday, police and witnesses said, as the country began a day of protests against an anti-Islam film.
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Pune's Symbiosis college cancels screening of Kashmir documentary after protest
Pune's Symbiosis college has decided to postpone a three-day festival-cum-seminar on Kashmir after objections were raised by Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and other right-wing organisations over screening of a documentary by Sanjay Kak.
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Protests After Satirical Bengali Film Pulled Out Of Theatres Post Release
Film buffs and youth activists on Sunday joined a sit-in protest against the withdrawal of director Anik Dutta's film "Bhobishyoter Bhoot" (Ghost of the Future) from almost all multiplexes and single screen theatres in West Bengal.
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Mahesh Bhatt Blames Protests Against Films on 'Many Indias'
"In a nation, where you have this type of tug of war between tradition and thought for change and the censor board has given us a certificate, the onus is on the government of the day to see that our exhibition is unperturbed by any group," Mr Bhatt said
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Protests Against Aamir Khan's 'PK' Triggers Backlash Online
A few theatres in Mumbai on Monday pulled off Aamir Khan starrer "PK" after threats from religious activists who allege that the movie insults Hindu gods.
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Rajinikanth, other actors hold day-long hunger strike for Sri Lankan Tamils
Around 3000 members of the Tamil Nadu film fraternity, including superstars Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan, today held a hunger strike in Chennai to show solidarity with Lankan Tamils. There was no film activity today.
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Pak govt blocks 20,000 websites, including YouTube: Reports
Pakistani authorities have blocked about 20,000 websites, including YouTube, for hosting "objectionable" material like footage from the anti-Islam movie "Innocence of Muslims", an official said today.
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US film protests bring boom for Pakistan flag makers
As Pakistan's mullahs railed against a US-made anti-Islam film, Naveed Haider's print works went into overdrive, running off hundreds of US flags for angry protesters to burn at demonstrations.
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Anti-Islam film protests: Mob sets church on fire in Pakistan
A mob of hundreds of Muslim men attacked and burnt an 82-year-old church and an adjoining school in northwest Pakistan during a protest against an anti-Islam film, sparking concerns among the minority Christian community.
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20 killed across Pakistan in violence during anti-film protests
Nearly 20 people were killed and hundreds injured today when thousands of angry demonstrators during government-sanctioned protests over an anti-Islam film turned violent in several cities across Pakistan on a day being observed as 'Love the Prophet Day'.
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Three killed in Pakistan film protests: Officials
At least three people died in Pakistan on Friday, including a police officer and a driver working for television, during a day of protests condemning a US-made film that has insulted Muslims, officials said.
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Film protesters torch, ransack Pakistan cinemas
Angry demonstrators set fire to two cinemas in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Friday, police and witnesses said, as the country began a day of protests against an anti-Islam film.
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Pune's Symbiosis college cancels screening of Kashmir documentary after protest
Pune's Symbiosis college has decided to postpone a three-day festival-cum-seminar on Kashmir after objections were raised by Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and other right-wing organisations over screening of a documentary by Sanjay Kak.
