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Amitabh Bachchan speaks on civil liberties, freedom of expression at KIFF 2022
16/12/2022 10:00 AM | Click to read full article
Veteran Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan inaugurated the 28th Kolkata International Film Festival. The actor delivered a lengthy speech on British censorship, pre-independence films against oppressors, communalism, and societal harmony. He said the 1952 cinematograph act set out the stricter of censorship as it stands today upheld by the film certification board, but even now questions are being raised on civil liberties and freedom of expression.
