Bangladesh Film Censor Board
| Formation | 1977 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Region served | Bangladesh |
Official language | Bengali |
| Website | Bangladesh Film Censor Board |
Bangladesh Film Censor Board is a regulatory agency that is responsible for the censorship of movies and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1]
History
The censor board was set up in 1977 following the framing of Bangladesh Censorship of Film Rules.[1] The agency is responsible for the censorship of locally produced movies, foreign imports and acts as the registration of film clubs in Bangladesh.[2] Martuza Ahmed the secretary of Ministry of Information is the ex-officio Chairman of the Board.[3] The board in 2015 blocked My Bicycle, the first chakma language (a minority language) in Bangladesh.[4] The Censor also blocked a movie about the Rana Plaza building collapse in which more than a thousand garment workers died.[5][6] A movie was banned where the villain wore a Mujib coat, a style associated with the founding president of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujib.[7]
References
- 1 2 Hayat, Anupam. "Film Censorship". en.banglapedia.org. Banglapedia. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ↑ "Bangladesh Film Censor Board". www.bfcb.gov.bd. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ↑ "Bangladesh Film Censor Board". bfcb.gov.bd. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ↑ "Bangladesh's Censor Board Blocks the Country's First Chakma-Language Film". globalvoices.org. Global Voices. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ↑ "Bangladesh Censor Board blocks 'Rana Plaza' from cinemas". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ↑ "Bangladesh court bans movie on Rana Plaza factory disaster". america.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ↑ "Film banned as villain wears Mujib coat". thedailystar.net. The Daily Star. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2016.