The Indian film industry has no rarity of movies that either addressed major controversies or faced the entire ban. Interestingly, several such films have garnered reviews full of praise and have been well-received at many international film galas or award functions. From ideas that deal with politics, communal violence and homosexuality are some of the most common topics for the controversies among the films in India. Here we're presenting 10 such controversial B-town flicks.
The protest was against the title of the film that claimed that Vishwaroopam was a Sanskrit word rather than a Tamil, and Kamal Haasan was opposing his native language i.e. Tamil - by naming the film in another language.
As the other movies, this film was originally titled Billu Barber, but salon and beauty parlor associations of Bandra raised questions by finding the word 'Barber' unfavorable. After this, Shah Rukh Khan eventually removed the word from the movie title and promotions, renaming the film Billu.
Anurag Kashyap's this movie is based on 1993 Mumbai bomb-blasts. So it ran into trouble and was initially banned due to its content and sensitive nature, the film which was ready was not allowed to release by the Censor Board for two years.
People in India are too touching that many got annoyed with the title of this movie. It apparently bothered the emotions of Hindus as the name was based on Hindu mythology. There was an FIR filed against director, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, and starrers, Deepika Padukone, and Ranveer Singh for the same.
The film Rockstar came into controversy due to the video of its song 'Sadda Haq' that faced the rage of the censor board. Because it highlighted a flag with 'Free Tibet' written over it. Eventually, the flags were blurred because it conveyed strong political directions.
The movie amassed attention for the realistic portrayal of the theological situation in India, but it also had a lot of quarrels around it. There was a complaint against the actors of this movie for hurting the sentiments of Hindus. In fact, in UAE the movie was also banned.
This film spun around the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi and the Indian invasion in the Sri-Lankan civil war. Several Tamil groups demanded a ban on the movie.
This Aamir Khan's film was under so much social debate. Some scenes of the flick hurt the feelings of several religious groups because it showcased some of their customs as superstitions and shook people.
The trailer of the film becomes the highest disliked video on YouTube that just in 2 days. Actually, after the death of Sushant Singh Rajput, the nation led to the debate on nepotism within the Hindi film industry. And Mahesh Bhatt has become the first victim of public wrath.
Akshay Kumar starrer film, whose earlier name was Laxmmi Bomb, hurts the sentiments of many people in India. And Hindu Sena argued that joining the name of Goddess Laxmmi with the word Bomb is defamatory. Post the blame and protests against the film, the makers changed the name to Laxmii.
Before the release of Chhapaak, BJP supporters and leaders alike blamed the filmmakers for changing the name of the acid attack perpetrator from Muslim (Naeem Khan) to Hindu (Rajesh). Moreover, the movie got affected due to the visit of Deepika Padukone in JNU (Jawaharlal Nehru University).
The film became the biggest controversial during the production itself. As several Rajput caste organizations were opposed and later destroy the film sets, alleging that the film portrays Padmavati, a Rajput queen, in a bad light. They had also assaulted Bhansali on a film set. After which the title of the film got changed from Padmaavati to Padmaavat.