Synopsis

SYNOPSIS CENSORSHIP OF MOVIES: IS THERE ANY NEED FOR IT IN AN AGE WHEN EVERYTHING IS AV AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET RESEARCH PROBLEM

Censorship in simple language means the suppression of free speech, public communication or other information which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, politically incorrect incorrect or inconvenien inconvenientt as determined determined by government governments, s, media outlets, authorities or other  groups or institutions. In this project, the researcher will be laying emphasis on the censorship of movies. As we all know that our society is evolving day by day, and so as the thinking of  the the soci society ety.. Due Due to the the exce excessi ssive ve use of techn technol olog ogy y, info inform rmati ation on abou aboutt anyt anythi hing ng and and everything is available just on the click of the finger. o, now it has become important for the society to know that whether the Certification !oard thinks deeply as to what certificate is given to which movie in such a manner that the creativity of directors and actors can prevail. And also whether the Certification !oard is being successful in checking as to what message the particular movie is giving to the society as the movies are considered to be the mirror of  our society.

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

In an article titled "The Secret Life of Film Censorship #$ written by  Ms. Sohini Ghosh. As this article was written in %&$$, the views of present writers may differ from her. As per her article what the researcher can interpret was that if film and cultural studies argue that cinematic texts are open to a number of readings, then censorship believes in just the reverse. Censorship is always carried out on the basis of a singular interpretation of a text with the belief that, if allowed to pass, the images could have a 'harmful impact( on the viewer. )hat )hat kind of harm can images do* +he most commonly held belief is that images can cause harm by instigating imitative action. In other words, it can lead people or at least some  people- to violence, sexual assault or other harmful activities. +he second notion of 'harm( around around which censorship censorship is invoked invoked concerns concerns images that offend, degrade degrade or belittle groups groups %&$$, 3age 4o. 56 1 s. ohini /hosh, +he ecret 0ife of 1ilm Censorship, Count e In2, Apr., %&$$,

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or indi indivi vidu dual als. s. +hos +hosee who who hold hold this this view view belie believe ve that that one one may may righ rightf tful ully ly ask for for the the elimination of an image, speech or representation if it 'offends( groups or communities. +hose who disagree with this view argue that there is no speech that does not offend someone. ost of the anxieties around the 'image7causes7harm( theory revolve around screen violence and sexually explicit imagery. 8anet taiger aptly sums up the academic position when she writes9 "+he proposition that violent movies produce imitative behaviour has had great media attention and e:ual critical scholarly rejection.# ;ver the years, there has been no evidence to show that images have a direct impact on behaviour. 1ilm texts, regardless of authorial intention, are open to many different readings as viewers construct meaning according to their predisposition, generic expectations and what scholar Annette