Sanjay Gupta questions Indian Censor Board's leniency towards international cinema

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ANI New Delhi
Last Updated : Jun 06 2014 | 2:55 PM IST

Sanjay Gupta has questioned the Indian Censor Board for the leniency showed towards the Indonesian martial arts movie 'Raid 2' and biasness that Bollywood faces.

According to MVP Entertainment, the 'Kaante' director, who was left impressed after the special screening of the Indonesian action movie and said that the Indian Censor Board was quite lenient when it came to international cinema.

The 44-year-old director said that 'Raid 2', although a brilliant movie was also a violent one and he failed to understand that why did the censor board had these double standards.

Gupta further said that why did the censor board felt the need to cut kissing scenes and blurred cleavages in their Bollywood movies.

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First Published: Jun 06 2014 | 2:40 PM IST

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