What Bengali political film was censored by one of the most powerful film censor boards in the world?
Kangal Malsat Kangal Malsat ("War Cry of beggars") is a Bengali political film directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay and based on the novel with same title written by Nabarun Bhattacharya. s of 2013 , the Central Board of Film Certification denied approval to the film, citing distortion of history, excessive use of abusive language, sexuality, and the portrayal of social movements in a harmful way. The film got a clearance in the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal in the first week of March 2013. Finally the film is set to be released on 2 August 2013.
2014 Bangladesh anti-Hindu violence On 5 January 2014, the 10th general elections were held in Bangladesh. The Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its ally Jamaat-e-Islami had already boycotted the elections. The buildup to the elections were marred by successive strikes and violence by the Opposition parties. After the polls, workers and supporters of the Opposition parties began attacking the minority Bengali Hindus. They raped, looted, vandalised and set the Hindu houses on fire in several districts across the country. Seven persons belonging to the Jamaat-e-Islami and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party were arrested in connection with the attacks. The National Human Rights Commission held the government responsible for the attacks on Hindus after the election. In India, the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party has condemned the attacks on minorities.