The release of a Bollywood film chronicling the lives of two 19th-century anti-caste reformers in India has been delayed following protests from upper caste groups who have accused it of defaming their community.
India’s film certifying body, the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), demanded multiple edits to caste references and imagery in Ananth Mahadevan’s film Phule, portraying the journey of couple Jyotirao and Savitribai Phule, after several organisations in the western state of Maharashtra claimed the film defamed Brahmins.
