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CBFC Watch

Archive of film censorship in India

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Films
101K
Records

An open-source database of available CBFC censorship decisions, cuts, and modifications from 2017-2025.

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Trends and analysis

CBFC modification rates show consistent patterns for violence, volatile trends for cultural topics

Film censorship varies most for religious and political content

Profanity

-50%+0%+50%+100% ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; -50%+0%+50%+100%

Substance Use

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Violence

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Sexual Content

-50%+0%+50%+100% ; ; -50%+0%+50%+100%

Religious Content

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Political Content

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Analysis of Central Board of Film Certification modification records, showing 3-month moving average of deviations from baseline censorship rates by content type. Baseline represents the overall average modification rate for each category from 2017-2025.

Cuttack and Delhi offices modify more in films than other regions

The average amount of content modified varies by certifying office location.

Total minutes of content modified per movie (mean)0 sec5 m10 m HyderabadBangaloreKolkataChennaiThiruvananthpuramMumbaiDelhiCuttack HyderabadBangaloreKolkataChennaiThiruvananthpuramMumbaiDelhiCuttack 2.0 min2.2 min2.5 min3.1 min3.3 min3.8 min4.1 min9.2 min

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Profanity Sexual Substance Political Violence
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