Sholay and The Censor Board

<p data-pm-slice="0 0 []">Why is Indian cinema regulated by the Censor Board? And what are the archaic mores that regulate it? In this episode of The Longest Constitution we look at how the Censor Board sensibilities shaped the iconic film, <em>Sholay </em>and delve into the concept of <em>parens patriae. </em>We also continue tracking the journey of the Bhopal gas tragedy and the peculiar argument advanced by the Indian government that the USA would be better ground to try the case because of its more sophisticated tort law . And finally, we look at how Article 21 has expanded to reexamine substantive provisions of law. </p><p><strong>On the Censor Board: </strong></p><p><u><a href="https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/a-sholay-we-dont-know/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/a-sholay-we-dont-know/</a></u></p><p>Liang, Lawrence, 2016, “Free Speech and Expression”, in Choudhry, Sujit (et al), <a href="https://oxcon.ouplaw.com/view/10.1093/law/9780198704898.001.0001/law-9780198704898" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">T</a><em><a href="https://oxcon.ouplaw.com/view/10.1093/law/9780198704898.001.0001/law-9780198704898" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">he Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution</a></em>, OUP: New Delhi. </p><p>Chandrachud, Abhinav, 2017, <em>Republic of Rhetoric: Free Speech and the Constitution of India</em>, New Delhi: Viking. </p><p><strong>On the Bhopal gas tragedy: </strong></p><p><u><a href="https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/A-traffic-accident-in-Bhopal/article13582174.ece" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/A-traffic-accident-in-Bhopal/article13582174.ece</a></u></p><p><u><a href="https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/union-carbidedow-lawsuit-re-bhopal/#:~:text=In%201989%20the%20Indian%20Supreme,Bhopal%20victims%20and%20their%20survivors" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/union-ca