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Unfreedom is the story of a young woman who resists an arranged marriage to be with her girlfriend India’s Central Board of Film Certification has banned a lesbian film which it claims would ‘ignite unnatural passions’ in viewers. Unfreedom is the story of a young woman who resists an arranged marriage to be with her girlfriend and contains nudity and lesbian sex scen...

The Censor Board has struck again. This time, by reportedly banning a film that explores the topic of homosexuality. Unfreedom, the story of a young girl who resists getting into a forced arranged marriage to spend her life with her lesbian partner, has failed to receive the nod by the CBFC. This comes right after the slew of controversies that the CBFC has been mired in...

The censor board has reportedly red-flagged Unfreedom, a film exploring the subject of homosexuality. The story revolves around a young girl who defies traditional marriage to spend life with her lesbian partner. CBFC’s new panel has been embroiled in a slew of controversies. Censor Board chief Pahlaj Nihalani recently put out a list of cuss words to be muted in the film...

We know Indian films don't explore much into subjects like sex and ofcourse homosexuality is big taboo for us. Keeping aside the viewership, our filmmakers fear the headache of certification. Moreover, India has recently voted against gay rights and homosexuality in the UN also. Amidst all this, a poor filmmaker has made a film on religion and especially Homosexuality....

NEW YORK: ‘It’s the film they don’t want you to see’, the trailer of the film Unfreedom by director Raj Amit Kumar, proclaims. The two minute trailer gives a riveting glimpse into what seems to be a provocative, excellent film: the powerful and social jarring themes of homosexuality, rape and religious fundamentalism are perhaps some of the most important social issues in t...

When a film is “banned” by the Censor Board of Film Certification, you know you are onto something. Well, that is exactly the case with Raj Amit Kumar’s film Unfreedom. Homosexuality. Islam. Thinking outside of convention. Unfreedom breaks all the “rules”. The film follows two different lives, the storyline pivoting on a female same-sex relationship and the d...

When a film is “banned” by the Censor Board of Film Certification, you know you are onto something. Well, that is exactly the case with Raj Amit Kumar's film Unfreedom. Homosexuality. Islam. Thinking outside of convention. Unfreedom breaks all the “rules”. The film follows two different lives, the storyline pivoting on a female same-sex relationship and the d...

When a film is “banned” by the Censor Board of Film Certification, you know you are onto something. Well, that is exactly the case with Raj Amit Kumar’s film Unfreedom. Homosexuality. Islam. Thinking outside of convention. Unfreedom breaks all the “rules”. The film follows two different lives, the storyline pivoting on a female same-sex relationship and the...

Unfreedom juxtaposes two powerful and unflinching contemporary stories about religious fundamentalism and intolerance. Shifting between New York and New Delhi, one tale follows a Muslim terrorist who kidnaps a liberal Muslim scholar in order to silence him, while the other charts the travails of a young woman whose devout father tries to force her into an arranged marriage,...

Shifting between New York and New Delhi, one tale follows a Muslim terrorist who kidnaps a liberal Muslim scholar in order to silence him, while the other charts the travails of a young woman whose devout father tries to force her into an arranged marriage, which she resists because she is secretly in love with another woman. The four characters come face to face with grues...