Song Tiled 'Acche Din Kab Aayenge' Changed To 'Acche Din Ab Aaye Re' Reportedly Due To Govt Pressure
A song titled Acche Din Kab Aayenge was changed to Acche Din Ab Aaye Re after the makers of Fanney Khan, the film which it was a part of, received calls from 'high places,' a Mid-Day report said.
The director of the film, Atul Manjrekar, told the tabloid that the song was getting needless 'political colour' which made them 'cut a new video.'
"We cut a new video and released it now because our song was unnecessarily taking a political color. It didn't strike us that this is also the slogan of the government. We didn't expect such a reaction. Fanney Khan is a simple film about a cab driver and his dreams. I hope people see the song in the right context and not misconstrue it"
He also said the new version was to be a part of the film.
Many people on social media used the original song, Acche Din Kab Aayenge, to criticise the BJP government, whose slogan is, "Acche Din."
"The producers also got a few calls from high places," a source was quoted as saying in Mid-Day. The fact that filmmakers are resorting to pre-censorship due to fear of backlash by fringe groups isn't new.
In an interview with HuffPost India, Kabir Khan said that he edits out scenes before filming due to fear of backlash.
"It's unfortunate that this is happening. I've noticed this and sometimes I try to curb it myself by thinking, 'Oh! Will this create a problem?' They are completely conditioning you and your thought process. It's dangerous."
Ekta Kapoor, too, in an interview said that she isn't going to touch a film about a historical figure after what happened to Padmavati.
More recently, the CBFC asked the makers of Mission Impossible Fallout to drop references to Kashmir (it was referred as India-controlled Kashmir) before giving it a clearance.
Fanney Khan features an ensemble of Rajkummar Rao, Anil Kapoor, and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and is set to release this week.
courtesy : huffingtonpost.in
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Rupee hits all-time low for second time in a week
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee depreciated 31 paise to settle at 91.99 against the US dollar on Wednesday, touching the lowest closing level for the second time in less than a week, amid increased month-end demand for the greenback.
Forex traders said the rupee opened higher as the US dollar index softened and a long-awaited trade breakthrough with Europe offered quiet reassurance. However, increased month-end demand for the American currency as well as the ongoing geopolitical tensions dented investors' sentiments.
At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 91.60 and touched an early high of 91.50, but pared all the gains to touch an intra-day low of 91.99 against the greenback.
The domestic unit settled 31 paise down, revisiting its lowest-ever closing level of 91.99 against the greenback. The Indian currency previously ended at this level on January 23 when it also hit its all-time intraday low of 92 against the US dollar.
On Tuesday, the rupee rebounded from its all-time low levels and gained 22 paise to close at 91.68 against the US dollar.
Analysts said the rupee opened higher as the US dollar index softened and a long-awaited trade breakthrough with Europe bolstered investor sentiment.
India and the European Union on Tuesday announced the conclusion of negotiations for the free trade agreement (FTA), under which a number of domestic sectors such as apparel, chemicals and footwear will get duty-free entry into the 27-nation bloc, while the EU will get access to the Indian market at concessional duty for cars and wines, an official said.
The deal has been dubbed the "mother of all deals" as it will create a market of about 2 billion people.
Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, was trading 0.07 per cent lower at 96.14.
Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, was trading 0.43 per cent lower at USD 67.28 per barrel in futures trade.
On the domestic equity market front, Sensex jumped 487.20 points to settle at 82,344.68, while Nifty surged 167.35 points to 25,342.75.
Foreign Institutional Investors turned net buyers and purchased equities worth Rs 480.26 crore on Wednesday, according to exchange data.
