Censor (2001 film)

Censor
Censor
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	6 April 2001;
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Censor is a 2001 Bollywood drama film directed and produced by Dev Anand. It stars himself, Hema Malini, Jackie Shroff and Rekha. The film satirises film censorship in India.^[1]

Plot[]

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.

Cast[]

Dev Anand as Vikramjeet 'Vicky'
Jackie Shroff as Naseeruddin Shaukh
Hema Malini as Radha
Mamta Kulkarni as Nisha
Rekha as Ms. Shrivastav
Shammi Kapoor as Judge
Johnny Lever as Jhony
Ayesha Jhulka as Shakeela Banu
Amrish Puri as Pandit Shiv Prasad
Vinay Anand as Hero
Govinda as Himself (special appearance in song "Hum Jo Rang Mein Aa Gaye")
as Mohini Shiv Prasad
Aruna Irani Mother Mohini

Soundtrack[]

Lyrics by Vinod Mahendra and Gopaldas Neeraj.

#	Title	Singer(s)
1	"Yaaron Jo Kal Tak Thay Hum Tum"	Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Jaspinder Narula
2	"Is Tarah Dekho Na Humko"	Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik
3	"Hum Jo Rang Mein Aa Gaye"	Kumar Sanu
4	"Sun Meri Gal"	Sonu Nigam, Jaspinder Narula
5	"Ho Aaj Majhab Koi"	Roop Kumar Rathod, Vijeta Pandit, Kavita Krishnamurthy and Vinod Rathod
6	"Mere Dil Mein Tu Nazar Mein Tu"	Lata Mangeshkar
7	"Aaya Samay"	Vinod Rathod, Jaspinder Narula

References[]

^ Adarsh, Taran (4 April 2001). "Censor Review by Taran Adarsh". Bollywood Hungama.
- Us-Salam, Ziya (11 May 2001). "Film Review: Censor". The Hindu.^{[dead link]}
- Rajadhyaksha, Mrudula (2001). "Censoring Dev Anand". Rediff.

External links[]

Censor at IMDb

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[1] Adarsh, Taran (4 April 2001). "Censor Review by Taran Adarsh". Bollywood Hungama.
- Us-Salam, Ziya (11 May 2001). "Film Review: Censor". The Hindu.^{[dead link]}
- Rajadhyaksha, Mrudula (2001). "Censoring Dev Anand". Rediff.

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