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10 iconic roles of Suchitra Sen – Birth anniversary special

No actress in Bengal has yet scaled the heights of stardom that screen legend Suchitra Sen, born on 6 April 1931, did.

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From 1970 to 2017: 15 films that faced bans, violence, and censorship before Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmavati

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's helplessness as an artist is one that is a recurring theme in the Indian film industry. Since the 1970s, and before, cinema has faced brazen threats of violence, bans, and censorship by authorities, legal and otherwise. As the controversy around Padmavati grows with every day, we take a look at 15 films that struggled through similar circumstances.

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70 years of Independence: Lyrics that defined freedom, but would never clear the first cut today

From the early years of Independence, lyricists and poets have often shaped the cinema conscious public of India with their radical, political, and sometimes, sexual ideology. On the eve of India's 70th Independence Day, we take a look at the lyrics that would never have cleared the stringent laws of the CBFC under Pahlaj Nihalani's regime.