Censor | |
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Directed by | Dev Anand |
Written by | Dev Anand |
Produced by | Dev Anand |
Starring | Dev Anand Jackie Shroff Hema Malini Mamta Kulkarni Shammi Kapoor |
Cinematography | Adeep Tandon |
Edited by | Ashok Bandekar |
Music by | Jatin–Lalit |
Release date |
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Running time | 170 minutes [1] |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Censor is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed and produced by Dev Anand. It stars himself, Hema Malini, Jackie Shroff, Shammi Kapoor and Rekha. The film satirises film censorship in India. [2] It was the first and only film to star veteran actors Dev Anand and Shammi Kapoor together onscreen.
Under the directions of the Minister for Information and Broadcasting, the Indian Censor Board prepares a list of cuts for the Bollywood film producer Vikramjeet's new movie Aane Wala Kal. Vikramjeet is unhappy and decides to meet the minister himself to appeal against these cuts, only to find that the minister favours even more cuts. Vikramjeet shows the movie in a private theatre to an audience from all walks of life, takes their written opinion and smuggles a copy to America, just in time to ensure that it is nominated for an Oscar. This is where Vikramjeet's troubles start as the Censor Board refuses to grant a U certificate. He is arrested for smuggling the movie without permission from the Reserve Bank of India. The only way he can escape the wrath of the authorities is by getting some fans and stars of his movie to gather some dirt on the Censor Board members and to expose them publicly.
Lyrics by Vinod Mahendra and Gopaldas Neeraj.
Song | Singer |
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"Yaaron Jo Kal Tak Thay Hum Tum" | Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Jaspinder Narula |
"Is Tarah Dekho Na Humko" | Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik |
"Hum Jo Rang Mein Aa Gaye" | Kumar Sanu |
"Sun Meri Gal" | Sonu Nigam, Jaspinder Narula |
"Ho Aaj Majhab Koi" | Roop Kumar Rathod, Vijeta Pandit, Kavita Krishnamurthy and Vinod Rathod |
"Mere Dil Mein Tu Nazar Mein Tu" | Lata Mangeshkar |
"Aaya Samay" | Vinod Rathod, Jaspinder Narula |
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