SC imposes Rs 20 lakh fine on Mamata Banerjee govt for stalling release of film Bhobishyoter Bhoot, claims threat to free speech, art
• 6 years agoThe purpose of art is to question and provoke but there is a growing intolerance in society and organised groups pose a serious danger to the right to free speech and expression, the Supreme Court said on Thursday.
Bhobishyoter Bhoot — SC imposes Rs 20 lakh fine on West Bengal govt: 'Speech can't be silenced due to fear of mob'
Fp Staff • 6 years agoBhobishyoter Bhoot met with an unfortunate fate when it was unceremoniously pulled out of multiple theatres after directions from Kolkata Joint Commissioner of Police who cited political law and order problem for the order
Bhobishyoter Bhoot would have died natural death at box office if West Bengal govt had just ignored it
Roy • 6 years agoAnik Dutta's political satire, Bhobishyoter Bhoot, suffers from too many punchlines, not enough story
Bhobishyoter Bhoot director hails SC order: Court has safeguarded a filmmakers' fundamental right
Fp Staff • 6 years agoThe producers of Bhobishyoter Bhoot alleged that the West Bengal government had ordered an unofficial ban on the film.
Bhobishyoter Bhoot, Anik Dutta's Bengali political satire, gets clearance from Supreme Court
Fp Staff • 6 years agoBhobishyoter Bhoot was withdrawn from single-screen theatres and multiplexes a day after its release on 16 February.
Bhobishyoter Bhoot pulled out of theatres: How Bengali cinema has always critiqued the politics of its times
Shreyapaul • 6 years agoBhobishyoter Bhoot draws inspiration from Bengali cinema’s rich history of dissent through craft, particularly Mrinal Sen and Satyajit Ray’s bodies of work.
Aparna Sen, Soumitra Chatterjee join Kolkata rally to protest withdrawal of Bhobishyoter Bhoot from theatres
• 6 years agoBhobishyoter Bhoot revolves around a group of ghosts, including a politician, who assemble at a refugee camp and try to be relevant in the contemporary times
Anik Dutta's Bhobishyoter Bhoot pulled from Kolkata theatres; but by whom, and why, remain a mystery
Roy • 6 years agoIn bhadralok Bengal, the disappearance of Bhobishyoter Bhoot has been done without any unseemly hungama. This disappearance comes with no finger prints.
Anik Dutta's Bengali film Bhobishyoter Bhoot pulled from theatres in West Bengal despite U/A certificate
Bhaskar Chattopadhyay • 6 years agoBhobishyoter Bhoot was banned after alleged threats from the police, who feared that the satire might lead to political and communal tension in West Bengal.