 "Illustration by Binay Sinha")
The censors forced Utpal Dutt to re-shoot some scenes in his film Ghoom Bhangar Gaan so that it was clear the goons attacking factory workers who hadn’t been paid their wages were not Congressmen. He had to replace what might have been mistaken for Gandhi caps on their heads with the headgear of a private company’s security guards replete with the company’s badge of which a close-up had to be shown.
Today’s censors would probably be equally solicitous about saffron. But for the comparison to be valid it must also be made clear that in the absence of any rigorous all-India
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