Central Board of Film Certification#U/A certificate

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The board currently issues four certificates. Originally, there were two: U (unrestricted public exhibition with family-friendly movies) and A (restricted to adult audiences but any kind of nudity not allowed). Two more were added in June 1983 that are U/A (unrestricted public exhibition, with parental guidance for children under 12) and S (restricted to specialised audiences, such as doctors or scientists).{{Cite web |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/ua-s-x-r-demystified-how-films-are-rated-376237.html |title=UA, S, X, R demystified: How films are rated |last=Jhinuk Sen |date=15 June 2011 |website=News18 |publisher=Network18 Group |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616081848/https://www.news18.com/news/india/ua-s-x-r-demystified-how-films-are-rated-376237.html |archive-date=16 June 2019}} The board may refuse to certify a film.{{Cite web|title=Censor board denied certification to 77 films in 2015–16|url=https://www.livemint.com/Consumer/CThHt0ZPEGJcG4iA5Ym8AO/Censor-board-denied-certification-to-77-films-in-201516.html|last1=Jha|first1=Lata|last2=Ahluwalia|first2=Harveen|date=17 March 2017|website=Livemint|access-date=14 May 2020}} Additionally, V/U, V/UA, V/A are used for video films with U, U/A and A carrying the same meaning as above.{{cite web |title=Certification |url=https://www.cbfcindia.gov.in/main/certification.html |website=cbfcindia.gov.in |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-date=29 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529000643/https://www.cbfcindia.gov.in/main/certification.html |url-status=dead }}

Films with the U certification are fit for unrestricted public exhibition and are family-friendly. These films can contain universal themes like education, family, drama, romance, sci-fi, action etc. These films can also contain some mild violence, but it cannot be prolonged. It may also contain very mild sexual scenes (without any traces of nudity or sexual detail).

Films with the U/A certification can contain moderate adult themes that are not strong in nature and are not considered appropriate to be watched by a child without parental guidance. These films may contain moderate to strong violence, moderate sexual scenes (traces of nudity and moderate sexual detail can be found), frightening scenes, blood flow, or muted abusive language. Sometimes such films are re-certified with V/U for video viewing. The age threshold was previously set at 12 years of age, but in 2023 this was further refined to 7, 13 and 16 years of age.{{cite web |title=Cinematograph (Amendment) Act 2023 |publisher=Ministry of Law and Justice |location=India |url=https://prsindia.org/files/bills_acts/acts_parliament/2023/Cinematograph_(Amendment)_Act,_2023.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815062151/https://prsindia.org/files/bills_acts/acts_parliament/2023/Cinematograph_(Amendment)_Act,_2023.pdf |archive-date=15 August 2024 |url-status=live}}

• UA 7+ – Unrestricted public exhibition, but with parental guidance for children below the age of 7 years and appropriate above the age of seven.
• UA 13+ – Unrestricted public exhibition, but with parental guidance for children below the age of 13 years.
• UA 16+ – Unrestricted public exhibition, but with parental guidance for children below the age of 16 years.

Films with the A certification are available for public exhibition, but with restriction to adults only. These films can contain strong violence, explicit and strong sexual scenes, abusive language, but words which insult or degrade women or any social group (despite being common) and nudity{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/cbfc-it-again-malayalam-film-asked-cut-out-nudity-and-mute-kazhuveriyude-mone-45164?amp|title=CBFC at it again: Malayalam film asked to cut out nudity and mute Kazhuveriyude Mone|website=thenewsminute|date=20 June 2016 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Consumer/1jhytL84dGCvm8G1vAtPFL/Nudity-the-final-frontier-for-films-in-India.html|title=Nudity, the final frontier for films in India|website=livemint|date=28 January 2014 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/mar/05/fifty-shades-of-grey-banned-in-india-despite-removal-of-nudity|title=Fifty Shades of Grey banned in India despite removal of nudity|website=theguadian.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/censor-board-bans-unfreedom-says-film-will-ignite-unnatural-passions-20933?amp|title=Censor Board bans Unfreedom, says film will 'ignite unnatural passions'|website=The News Minute|date= 31 March 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-cbfc-bans-computer-generated-nudity-2549889/amp|title=CBFC bans computer-generated nudity|website= Dna India}}{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/cbfc-reportedly-bans-film-titled-x-zone-due-to-graphic-love-making-scenes-nudity-4027513.html|title=CBFC reportedly bans film titled X Zone due to graphic love making scenes, nudity|website=Firstspot|date= 10 September 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.india.com/viral/sanskari-cbfc-bans-nudity-on-robots-blurs-alcohol-bottles-from-blade-runner-2049-but-allows-swear-words-2512585/|title=Sanskari CBFC Bans Nudity on Robots & Blurs Alcohol Bottles From Blade Runner 2049 But Allows Swear Words|website=India.com|date=3 October 2017 }} are not allowed. Controversial, adult or suggestive themes are considered unsuitable for young viewers. Such films are often re-certified with V/U and V/UA for TV, which does not happen in the case of U and U/A certified movies.

Films with S certification cannot be viewed by the public. Only people associated with it (doctors, scientists, etc.), are permitted to view these films.{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.cbfcindia.gov.in/main/about-us.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213125751/https://www.cbfcindia.gov.in/main/about-us.html |archive-date=13 December 2018 |access-date=14 March 2020 |website=Indian Board of Film Certification}}

The Indian Cinematograph Act came into effect in 1920, seven years after the production of India's first film: Dadasaheb Phalke's Raja Harishchandra. Censorship boards were originally independent bodies under the police chiefs of the cities of Madras (now Chennai), Bombay (now Mumbai), Calcutta (now Kolkata), Lahore (now in Pakistan), and Rangoon (now Yangon in Myanmar)

it was amended again on 1 August 2023 with the introduction of cinematography amendment bill. The bill awaits presidential assent.

After the 1947 independence of India, autonomous regional censors were absorbed into the Bombay Board of Film Censors. The Cinematograph Act of 1952 reorganised the Bombay board into the Central Board of Film Censors.{{Cite web|title=The Cinematograph Act, 1952 and Rules {{!}} Ministry of Information and Broadcasting {{!}} Government of India|url=https://www.mib.gov.in/acts/cinematograph-act-1952-and-rules|access-date=19 January 2021|website=www.mib.gov.in}} With the 1983 revision of cinematography rules, the body was renamed the Central Board of Film Certification.{{cite web |url=http://cbfcindia.gov.in/html/uniquepage.aspx?unique_page_id=6 |title=Background |work=CBFC Website |publisher=Central Board of Film Certification |access-date=9 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826234425/http://cbfcindia.gov.in/html/uniquepage.aspx?unique_page_id=6 |archive-date=26 August 2010 |url-status=dead }}

In 2021 the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT) was scrapped by the Indian government.{{Cite web|last=Ramachandran|first=Naman|date=7 April 2021|title=Indian Government Quietly Scraps Censorship Appeals Body|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/india-scraps-censorship-appeals-body-1234945516/|access-date=8 April 2021|website=Variety|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=With Abolition of Film Certificate Tribunal, Bad Days for Filmmakers Will Become Worse|url=https://thewire.in/film/abolition-film-certificate-apellate-tribunal-filmmakers-censorship|access-date=8 April 2021|website=The Wire}}

The board's guiding principles are to ensure healthy public entertainment and education and, using modern technology, to make the certification process and board activities transparent to filmmakers, the media and the public also every video have to undergo CBFC certification for telecasting or distributing over any platform in India and suggestible same standards for anywhere in the world.{{cite web |title=Vision & Mission |url=https://www.cbfcindia.gov.in/main/vision-and-mission.html |website=Central Board of Film Certification |access-date=14 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808182058/https://www.cbfcindia.gov.in/main/vision-and-mission.html |archive-date=8 August 2019 |url-status=live}}

In addition to the certifications above, there is also the possibility of the board refusing to certify the film at all.

The board's guidelines are:

• Anti-social activities (such as violence) may not be glorified.
• Any Controversial topics
• Criminal acts may not be depicted.
• The following is prohibited:
• a) Involvement of children in violent acts or abuse.
• b) Abuse or ridicule of the physically or mentally handicapped.
• c) Unnecessary depictions of cruelty to animals.
• Gratuitous violence, cruelty, or horror.
• No scenes encouraging alcohol consumption, drug addiction or smoking.
• No vulgarity, obscenity, depravity or double entendres.
• No scenes degrading women (despite many sexist movies being certified), including sexual violence (as much as possible).
• No denigration by race, religion or other social group.
• No promotion of sectarian, obscurantist, anti-scientific and anti-national attitudes.
• Relations with foreign countries should not be affected.
• No national symbols or emblems, except in accordance with the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950 (12 of 1950).{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbfcindia.gov.in/main/guidelines.html |title=Guidelines |website=Indian Board of Film Certification |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809045338/https://www.cbfcindia.gov.in/main/guidelines.html |archive-date=9 August 2019 |access-date=14 March 2020}}

Since 2004, censorship has been rigorously enforced. An incident was reported in which exhibitor staff – a clerk who sold the ticket, the usher, a theatre manager and the partners of the theatre complex – were arrested for non-compliance with certification rules for allowing minors to watch the Tamil language film 7G rainbow colony which received A rating after certification.{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/minors-caught-watching-7-grainbow-colony-news-tamil-kkfvDLihebfsi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903115545/http://www.sify.com/movies/minors-caught-watching-7-grainbow-colony-news-tamil-kkfvDLihebfsi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 September 2017|title=Minors caught watching "7-GRainbow Colony"|website=Sify}}

The board consists of a chairperson and 23 members, all of whom are appointed by the central government. Prasoon Joshi chairs the board; Joshi became its 28th chairperson on 11 August 2017, after Pahlaj Nihalani was fired.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/pahlaj-nihalani-sacked-as-cbfc-chief-to-be-succeeded-by-prasoon-joshi/articleshow/60022954.cms|title=Pahlaj Nihalani sacked as CBFC chief, to be succeeded by Prasoon Joshi|date=11 August 2017|work=The Times of India|access-date=11 October 2017}} Nihalani had succeeded Leela Samson after Samson quit{{cite news |title=Censor board chief Leela Samson quits over Dera Sacha Sauda leader's Bollywood dreams|author=Ashreena, Tanya|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/censor-board-leela-samson-msg-idINKBN0KP0SR20150116 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151214063043/http://in.reuters.com/article/censor-board-leela-samson-msg-idINKBN0KP0SR20150116 |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 December 2015 |date=16 January 2015 |access-date=22 January 2015}} in protest of an appellate tribunal's overturning of a board decision to refuse certification for MSG: The Messenger. Samson had succeeded Sharmila Tagore.{{cite news |title=Danseuse Leela Samson is new Censor Board chief |author=Dhwan, Himanshi|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Danseuse-Leela-Samson-is-new-Censor-Board-chief/articleshow/7811829.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616074139/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-29/india/29357349_1_chairperson-bharatanatyam-i-b-ministry |url-status=live |archive-date=16 June 2012 |date=29 March 2011 |newspaper=The Times of India |access-date=9 January 2012}}

The board, headquartered in Mumbai, has nine regional offices:

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• Bangalore
• Chennai
• Cuttack
• Guwahati
• Hyderabad
• Kolkata
• Mumbai
• New Delhi
• Thiruvananthapuram

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The board has been associated with a number of scandals. Film producers reportedly bribe the CBFC to obtain a U/A certificate, which entitles them to a 30-percent reduction in entertainment tax.{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Tamil-Nadu-film-producers-grease-palms-to-get-U-certificates/articleshow/40437673.cms|title=Tamil Nadu film producers grease palms to get 'UA' certificates|date=20 August 2014|work=The Times of India}}

In 2002, War and Peace (a documentary film by Anand Patwardhan which depicted nuclear weapons testing and the September 11 attacks) had to be edited 21 times before the film was approved for release. According to Patwardhan, "The cuts that [the Board] asked for are so ridiculous that they won't hold up in court. But if these cuts do make it, it will be the end of freedom of expression in the Indian media."{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2202379.stm|title=India cuts 'anti-war' film|website=BBC News|date=19 August 2002|access-date=21 July 2017}} A court ruled that the cut requirement was unconstitutional, and the film was shown uncensored.{{Cite news|url=http://brightlightsfilm.com/censorship-indian-cinema-case-anand-patwardhans-war-peace/|title=Censorship and Indian Cinema: The Case of Anand Patwardhan's War and Peace – Bright Lights Film Journal|date=1 November 2002|work=Bright Lights Film Journal|access-date=21 July 2017|language=en-US}}

Also in 2002, Indian filmmaker and CBFC chair Vijay Anand proposed legalising the exhibition of X-rated films in selected cinemas. Anand said, "Porn is shown everywhere in India clandestinely ... and the best way to fight this onslaught of blue movies is to show them openly in theatres with legally authorised licences".{{Cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2069900.stm |title=India's film censor wants to legalise porn |website= BBC News |date=27 June 2002 |access-date= 21 July 2017}} Anand resigned less than a year after becoming chairperson in the wake of his proposal.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2144603.stm|title=India's chief film censor quits|website=BBC News|date=22 July 2002|access-date=21 July 2017}}

The board refused to certify Gulabi Aaina (a film about Indian transsexuals produced and directed by Sridhar Rangayan) in 2003; Rangayan unsuccessfully appealed the decision twice. Although the film is banned in India, it has been screened internationally.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3689509.stm|title=UK premiere for Indian drag film|website=BBC News|date=6 May 2004|access-date=21 July 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.yidff.jp/docbox/22/box22-2-e.html|title=Making the Cuts—On Film Censorship in India]| first=Shradha | last=Sukumaran| website=Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival (YIDFF)|access-date=21 July 2017}}

Final Solution, a 2004 documentary examining religious riots between Hindus and Muslims in Gujarat of the 2002 Gujarat riots which killed over 1,000 people, was also banned. According to the board, the film was "highly provocative and may trigger off unrest and communal violence".{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3542340.stm|title=India bans religious riot movie|website=BBC News|date=6 August 2004|access-date=21 July 2017}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.countercurrents.org/arts-sharma060804.htm|title=Censor Board Bans 'Final Solution'|date=6 August 2004|access-date=20 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040914032835/http://www.countercurrents.org/arts-sharma060804.htm|archive-date=14 September 2004}} After a sustained campaign, the ban was lifted in October of that year.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rakeshfilm.com/finalsolution.htm|title=RAKESH SHARMA – Final Solution|website=rakeshfilm.com|access-date=21 July 2017}}

The CBFC demanded five cuts from the 2011 American film, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, because of nudity and rape scenes. The producers and the director, David Fincher, eventually decided not to release the film in India.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jan/30/girl-dragon-tattoo-cancelled-india|title=The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo cancelled in India|last=Child|first=Ben|date=30 January 2012|work=The Guardian|access-date=21 July 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}

CEO Rakesh Kumar was arrested in August 2014 for accepting bribes to expedite the issuance of certificates.{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Censor-board-CEO-held-for-accepting-bribes-to-clear-films-quickly/articleshow/40384783.cms|title=Censor board CEO held for accepting bribes to clear films quickly|date=19 August 2014|work=The Times of India}} The board demanded four cuts (three visual and one audio) from the 2015 Malayalam film, Chaayam Poosiya Veedu) (directed by brothers Santosh Babusenan and Satish Babusenan), because of nude scenes. The directors refused to make the changes, and the film was not certified.{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/directors-out-against-cbfc-directives/article7598642.ece|title=Directors out against CBFC directives|work=The Hindu|access-date=21 July 2017|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31811&articlexml=Film-denied-certificate-for-depicting-nudity-25082015004061|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006162408/http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31811&articlexml=Film-denied-certificate-for-depicting-nudity-25082015004061|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 October 2015|title=The Times Group|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=21 July 2017}}

CBFC chairperson Leela Samson resigned in protest of political interference in the board's work in 2015 after its decision to refuse certification of the film, MSG: The Messenger, was overturned by an appellate tribunal. Samson was replaced by Pahlaj Nihalani, whose Bharatiya Janata Party affiliation triggered a wave of additional board resignations.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jan/21/india-censorship-board-crisis-leela-samson-msg-messenger-of-god-political-interference|title=India's censorship board in disarray amid claims of political interference|date=21 January 2015|work=The Guardian}} The board was criticised for ordering the screen time of two kissing scenes in the James Bond film Spectre to be cut by half for release.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/nov/19/spectre-kissing-censored-in-india|title=Bond and gagged: Spectre's kissing scenes censored by Indian film certification board|first=Ben|last=Child|date=19 November 2015|website=The Guardian}}

Udta Punjab (2016), a crime drama about drug issues in the state of Punjab, produced by Anurag Kashyap, Ekta Kapoor, et al., inspired a list of 94 cuts and 13 pointers (including an order to remove Punjabi city names). The Bombay High Court allowed the film's release with one cut and disclaimers.{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/udta-punjab-not-made-to-malign-state-bombay-high-court-2844372/|title=Udta Punjab not made to malign state: Bombay HC|date=10 June 2016|work=The Indian Express|access-date=21 July 2017|language=en-US}}  A copy of the film was leaked online, with evidence suggesting CBFC involvement.{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-udta-punjab-leak-cbfc-claims-innocence-as-all-fingers-point-at-them-2224252|title='Udta Punjab' leak: CBFC claims innocence as all fingers point at them {{!}} Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|date=16 June 2016|work=dna|access-date=21 July 2017|language=en-US}} Kashyap posted on Facebook that although he did not object to free downloads, he hoped that viewers would pay for the film.{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/udta-punjab-leaked-anurag-kashyap-asks-downloaders-to-wait-till-saturday-2856467/|title=Udta Punjab leaked: Kashyap asks downloads to wait till Saturday|date=16 June 2016|work=The Indian Express|access-date=21 July 2017|language=en-US}} The film eventually grossed over {{INRConvert|97|c}},{{Cite web |title=Udta Punjab Box Office | website=Bollywood Hungama | date=17 June 2016 | url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/udta-punjab/box-office/|access-date=20 March 2024}} a commercial success. In August 2017, days after his removal as CBFC chair, Nihalani said in an interview that he had received instructions from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to block the release of this film and at least one other.{{cite news|title='Sacked As I Didn't Clear Indu Sarkar Without Cuts': Pahlaj Nihalani |url=http://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/clearing-indu-sarkar-without-cuts-main-reason-behind-my-sacking-says-pahlaj-nihalani-1739488 |access-date=20 August 2017 |publisher=NDTV |date=19 August 2017}}

Lipstick Under My Burkha (2017) by Alankrita Shrivastava, produced by Prakash Jha, was initially denied certification, with the CBFC claiming that "The story is lady oriented, their fantasy above life. There are contanious [sic] sexual scenes, abusive words, audio pornography and a bit sensitive touch about one particular section of society".{{Cite news|url=http://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/cbfc-refuses-to-certify-prakash-jhas-film-lipstick-under-my-burkha/articleshow/57302257.cms|title=CBFC refuses to certify Prakash Jha's film Lipstick Under My Burkha – Mumbai Mirror -|work=Mumbai Mirror|access-date=21 July 2017}} The black comedy, which had been screened at international film festivals, was eligible for the Golden Globes.{{Cite news|url=http://www.wmfindia.com/blogs/golden-globe-lipstick-under-my-burkha-alankrita/|title=The Cultural Cow That Refuses To Certify A Golden Globe Eligible Film|work=WMF|access-date=21 July 2017|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624033655/http://www.wmfindia.com/blogs/golden-globe-lipstick-under-my-burkha-alankrita/|archive-date=24 June 2017|url-status=dead}} The filmmakers appealed to the board's Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT), which authorised its release.{{Cite web|url=http://www.zoomtv.com/bollywood-news/latest/article/ekta-kapoor-lipstick-under-my-burkha-cbfc-poster-middle-finger-controversy/34655|title="The middle finger is NOT for the CBFC but for the patriarchal society" : Ekta Kapoor|website=zoomtv.com|access-date=21 July 2017}} The FCAT requested some cuts (primarily to sex scenes), and the film was released with an "A" certificate. Shrivastava said she would have preferred no cuts, but felt the film's narrative and essence were left intact, and commended the FCAT's handling of the issue.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/apr/26/indian-film-board-clears-lipstick-under-my-burkha-release|title=Indian film board clears Lipstick Under My Burkha for release|last=Safi|first=Michael|date=26 April 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=21 July 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}

In 2018, Ashvin Kumar's film No Fathers in Kashmir at first received an "A" certificate. In his open letter to the CBFC chairperson, Kumar stated that for an independent film, this was "as good as banning the film".{{Cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/national-award-winning-filmmaker-ashvin-kumar-fighting-for-a-voice-5446900/|title=Fighting for a Voice|date=2018-11-15|work=The Indian Express|access-date=2018-11-20|language=en-US}} After appealing to the FCAT and incorporating a few cuts and disclaimers at its request, the film was granted a "U/A" certificate eight months after its initial submission.{{cite web| url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/soni-razdan-s-no-fathers-in-kashmir-gets-u-a-certification-after-8-months-6-screenings/story-HSLnlsBl1rVxLItXN1TtqM.html | title=Soni Razdan's No Fathers in Kashmir gets U/A certification after 8 months, 6 screenings | date=11 March 2019 | website=Hindustan Times | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320133758/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/soni-razdan-s-no-fathers-in-kashmir-gets-u-a-certification-after-8-months-6-screenings/story-HSLnlsBl1rVxLItXN1TtqM.html | archive-date=20 March 2024}}

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