Overview
- IIIT‑Hyderabad cancelled a planned screening after the CBFC publicly flagged the event as uncertified, and NLSIU's LawSoc dropped its programme following university reviews earlier in the week.
- Organisers in Mumbai said two private venues pulled out after plainclothes officers visited managers, and they have filed complaints with the Mumbai police commissioner and rights bodies.
- The CBFC stated that public exhibition of an uncertified film violates the Cinematograph Act unless the Union government grants a specific Section 9 exemption for that event.
- Student politics influenced campus decisions, with ABVP objecting to the NLSIU screening and universities citing lack of official permission and legal risk as reasons for cancelling events.
- Critics point to revised MIB/CBFC guidance that flags vague categories such as 'anti‑national attitudes' and warn that using certification and police intervention to block screenings could chill dissent and campus debate.