Censorship in Movies & Our Culture

According to me, censorship should not be out on movies.

1) Firstly it spoils the meaning and lesson given by the movie.

2) Censoring of content hides the reality from people and make them see fiction stuff.

3) Relating to adult scene the movie broadcaster help to rate the movie adult or universal or both.

4) One of the most important things is that parents should talk to their children about sex education. They should not make them fall into the wrong direction by ignoring the topic. Such scene attracts children if they are not told they make go in the wrong directions.

Hello Everybody ! I have got few things to say here:

A lot of hard work is involved in making a film. Right from the beginning to the end, the process in itself is very rigorous. What we see on screen is the vision of directors, writers, lyricists, musicians and other artists which is drawn or inspired from their personal experiences. We have to understand that it is because of their direct observation or participation in the events of society, the filmmakers have gained practical knowledge, skill or expertise. Restricting their vision is definitely going to hurt them.

They are trying to depict reality from an artful perspective. We just cannot ignore the fact that murders are taking place, rape is happening, which is very unfortunate. We just cannot ignore the fact that boyfriend/girlfriend, husband/wife love. We just don't happen to accept the reality because we fear what others have to say, what society has to say. We are shy in the cinemas hall, but most probably an animal inside four walls.

My point Censor Board should keep an eye on the content and restrict releasing which is very derogatory or offensive. But putting a tag in every scene where characters are smoking is not going to change the society. The one who's smoking knows really well the ill effects of it. We are not running out of ads which says "Smoking kills". So why play with the emotions of filmmakers?

Parents understand whether they should take their children to the theater or not. If government is really bothered about society or children getting inspired from a movie, they should better give emphasis to education.

Hello, everyone.

I read all your comments and I respect your individual perspectives. So I have few lines to share. Movies are made to reflect the reality though mass media only. Directors and producers make movies yo convey some message. In this process, they have to use few lines or scenes which are need of the cinema. The role of censorship is to filter bad and obscene contents of the movies but by doing so they are hurting the sentiments of the maker. So instead of eliminating contents from the movies. They must certify the movies and leave them to the viewers to decide whether to go and watch the movies or make it a big flop. Thank you.

Hii Friends !

It's great to hear your valuable opinions on such a controversial topic.

In my opinion, movies are inspired from reality ie they are the replica of our society. Whatever prevails in our society either good or bad gets replicated in the movies ie it makes a direct impact on our culture. I do feel the same that movies should be made taking care of the audience, I mean there are specific scenes which are not fit for certain age group or should be viewed under adult supervision so it is the duty of the censor board to cut off such scenes because it can cause ill effect upon the minds of audience who aren't mature enough. Thus movies play a pivotal role towards shaping the culture of society and interference of censorship is quite evident for the preserving of our culture.

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In my view, there is no need to censorship in movies & our culture. Present time India is a developing country and Indian cinema is play a very important role in human life and youngest life. There is only need is that movie should be motivated by good story and avoid the religion part of society. Parents impart the good knowledge his children regarding good society and control the children in his childhood. I know that all parent worried about his children about his family but this not the solution to censor the movie. The only solution is know give the good knowledge and tell him about good company. The only thing if required that is the supervision of movie by Indian sensor board before releasing and publics the show. Board should be remove all untrusted (porn) seen and religion violated seen, terrorist support activities, those seen give the bad effect on youngster. These clip should be banned or remove from the movie. Always they show the goodness of society and Show the Indian talent on screen.

But in Last few year, we can see that Indian sensor board give the permission to many religious picture and they cause violation in society because the insulting the religion of society but our sensor board give the green flag. The only thing is required that is our govt take initiative on this topic and guide the Censored board as per democratic nature.

Come on people, are you living in ancient Indus Valley Civilization? Does some censor board know us better than our own self? Can we not choose what's going to harm us? Do we need any external agency to check what we watch?

My point here is, the sensor can very well warn us about the contents of any movie but has no right to mess around with somebody's hard work. The person is not dumb if he's making a movie or a documentary. He has some sort of practical knowledge and experience.

Secondly, we cannot rule out that the so-called "bad things" shown in the piece are not alien, they exist in our own society.

Thirdly, You can't tell me what to watch until I am not offending someone. The person by making his creation public has given me his consent to view it, so no third person has the right to mess around.

Fourthly, will we ourselves not be a hypocrite if we support these people? On one hand we are ready to beat a person to pulp on roads, but on the other hand, we cannot bear violence on screen. What harm has the poor X-Men done to you?!

Fifthly, our main concern is children. Do you think its hard to find an uncensored clipping on the internet? You get my point!

Ultimately, my point is that we don't need a sensor.

I've read all of these and the two common things I see are these: 1- There are a lot of bad movies and they can/will/are affecting our youth! 2- The censorship board is not doing anything about it.

Yes, there are A LOT of movies out there that are vulgar, profane and just inappropriate for children. But you know what? You're "small children" are NOT BEING FORCED TO WATCH THESE! How about we stop blaming our problems on other people? Hitler's idea didn't end well for anyone.

If you want my opinion into the "final solution to 'cleaning up our youth'" then here it is:.

It's a simple thing called PARENTING!.

Maybe you have 2 to 10 or more jobs and have no time, well who's fault is that? Maybe it's time to stop watching your children from the side lines and take a more active role in their lives. But then again, we are all lazy one way or another, so do what you want. You can keep barking at other people to fix your problems, or you can do something that matters and actually care for your child/children.

Just so you know, I'm a seventeen year old guy who goes to high school. When I was about 6, my mother was a terrible alcoholic and my father died before I could even remember anything. She would let my brother and I watch are rated movies all the time. All through my life I have been exposed to violence, profanity and vulgarity and believe it or not, I'm not some rotten evil teenager who just loves to bully other kids and take advantage of women. I work hard daily to keep up with band, choir, an honors senior English class, a government class, National History Day, Adventures in Supercomputing, a college music class, Harding University Admission applications to the university as well as into an online Bible class with Harding. So you can either continue to be as ignorant as you are and blame everyone else, or you can take some advice from somebody who knows and either make time for your children or take a break from commenting on discussions about how everyone else is the reason your youth is going bad and get involved in your child's life.

P. S. I happened across this discussion while searching for examples of censorship for a satirical speech that I am to do this Monday in my English class and let me just take the time to say thank you very much, this was just what I needed.

Anything which exceeds a certain limit is not good at all. The same applies to censorship in movies. The view about a particular movie is personal and in no way imposable. The Censor board is also made up of a group of human beings given the specific task of approving a movie weighing it in all aspects. These few people cannot decide what the others can see. Views and interests vary from person to person and cannot be thrust upon them. If this happens censorship amounts to dictatorship in the movie industry. Often many producers have to cut various painstakingly shot scenes which may also have cost much. This may also ruin the beauty of the movie and make the audience disinterested to watch it.

This is not only about sex scenes or nude scenes. What about the violence depicted? After seeing Agneepath, a kid went and shot his teacher. Reason? Revenge. They saying that we are ready for movies that show a lot of violence is not true. My mom cringed at the violence shown in Title, Nh 10 etc. Yes, we have to accept the changes that are going on in our society. But does that mean we have forgotten what we were?

According to me, censor board should not be abolished. Some of the scenes in the films are not suitable for our Little ones. I'm not saying only about different adult Scenes but also those which involves violence. It affects the mind of everyone. Especially the mind of little ones is affected the most. So censor board is just providing a protective layer to our Minds. Because films are jobs to actors they have to do what they get even right or wrong. So, censor board is there who picks out some of the things which they thought are not suitable for our society, and remember one thing that they have to think about all ages and not only a particular. So, they are doing a good thing. Rest depends on your thoughts and thinking.

Thanks it's a GARVIT'S view.