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Gujarat High Court directs Censor Board to decide on demand for removal of ‘casteist slur’ from movie ‘Guthlee Ladoo’

The Gujarat High Court on October 12 directed the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to take a call in 24 hours about the use of an "offensive" term for the Valmiki community in the Hindi movie ‘Guthlee Ladoo’, scheduled to be released on October 13.

Justice Vaibhavi Nanavati had issued an order asking the CBFC to decide on the issue in question “within 24 hours in exercise of the powers under the provisions of the Section 6 of the Cinematograph Act, 1952”.

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