No space for slander

Updated On: 17 June, 2024 07:19 AM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu

CBFC instructs makers of Jahangir National University to remove all references to JNU; mentions of NDTV, Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and others to be dropped

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Piyush Mishra in the film

The Central Board of Film Certification found itself as the subject of much attention in April when it stalled the India release of Dev Patel’s Monkey Man. Now, in a move that may be seen by some as the Board trying to redeem itself, it has come down hard on director Vinay Mishra’s next, Jahangir National University. The film’s title is a blatant wordplay on the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University, while its poster reads, ‘Can one university shake the nation?’ The Ravi Kishan and Piyush Mishra-starrer has been recently cleared by the CBFC with some crucial changes.

Kanhaiya Kumar and Umar Khalid