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BJP warns Rajinikanth against playing Tipu Sultan #FOE #WTFnews

View image | gettyimages.com A few days after a Kannada producer declared his plan of making a film on Tipu Sultan and roping in Rajinikanth for the film, the BJP and other political parties in Tamil Nadu have allegedly warned Rajinikanth against… Continue Reading →

Film Makers in their own words on #AwardWapsi

    Virendra Saini I am returning this award in sincere hope that the government will solve all the problems of the Film and Television Institute of India with an open mind. National Film Award for Best Cinematography, Salim Langde… Continue Reading →

Community radios to be penalised for NOT broadcasting Mann Ki Baat #WTFnews #FOS

< Radio faces Mann ki blast Sumi Sukanya New Delhi, Nov. 4: The Narendra Modi government is preparing to crack down on community radio stations for failing to broadcast the Prime Minister’s monthly radio programme, Mann ki Baat, and for airing “anti-government” views. The… Continue Reading →

Bangladesh writers stage freedom rally despite fear of attack #FOS

November 3, 2015 | 9:58 PM By Reuters Injured Bangladeshi publisher Ahmedur Rashid Tutul is assisted by his wife as he sits at Dhaka Medical College Hospital in Dhaka on November 3, 2015. Suspected extremist militants wielding machetes and cleavers… Continue Reading →

‘Rejected’ TISS film on beef -‘ Caste on the Menu Card’- wins 2 awards #FOE

  Mumbai: A student film on castepolitics and beef, pulled out of a Films Divisionfestival at the last minute, has bagged two awards at the same festival. ‘Caste on the Menu’, by students of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, was to… Continue Reading →

Statement by the filmmakers of Caste on the Menu Card #Censorship

Photo: Facebook/Caste on the menu card ‘Caste on the Menu Card’ (2014) is a 21 min long documentary film made by the 5 students of School of Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai as part… Continue Reading →

Publisher of slain Bangladeshi blogger Avijit Roy hacked to death  #FOE

Dhaka: A Bangladeshi publisher, who worked with slain atheist writer and blogger Avijit Roy, was on Sunday hacked to death by unidentified assailants here, shortly after two secular bloggers and another publisher of Roy were attacked in a separate incident. Faisal… Continue Reading →

Mumbai – 13 filmmakers return national awards #FOE #FTIIprotest

By IANS | Wednesday, October 28, 2015 – 20:57 13 filmmakers return national awards Mumbai: In a dramatic development, 10 prominent filmmakers on Wednesday returned to the government various awards and honours they had received, protesting impediments to freedom of speech and… Continue Reading →

Why certain foreign journalists are barred from entering India

A list of journalists, activists denied entry by the Indian government over the last 10 years Boom Live  October 24, 2015 Last Updated at 13:22 IST         As part of Boom  Live’s Freedom of Expression series, they… Continue Reading →

Another Ban ? Tattoo insults the Hindu goddess, says BJP leader #FOE #WTFnews

Australian harassed in Bengaluru over tattoo PETLEE PETER The tattoo of goddess Yellamma sported by an Australian national on his leg in Bengaluru. A group of people threatened to skin the young man’s leg for sporting the tattoo on his… Continue Reading →

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