Kissa Kursi Ka
Kissa Kursi Ka Trans Tale of Throne is a 1977 Hindi film directed by Amrit Nahata, who was a member of Indian parliament and produced by Badri Prasad Joshi. The film was a satire on the politics of Indira Gandhi and her son Sanjay Gandhi and was banned by the Indian Government during the Emergency period and all prints were confiscated. Music of the film was composed by Jaidev Verma.
The film was submitted to the Censor Board for certification on in April 1975. The film had spoofed Sanjay Gandhi automanufacturing plans later established as Maruti Udyog in 1981, besides Congress supporters like Swami Dhirendra Brahmachari, private secretary to Indira Gandhi R.K. Dhawan, and Rukhsana Sultana. The board sent to sevenmember revising committee, which further sent it to Union government. Subsequently, a showcause notice raising 51 objections was sent to the producer by the Information and Broadcasting ministry. In his reply submitted on July 11, 1975, Nahata stated that the characters were imaginary and do not refer to any political party or persons. By the time, the Emergency has already been declared.Subsequently, all the prints and the masterprint of the film at Censor Board office were picked up, later brought to Maruti factory in Gurgaon, where they were burned. The subsequent Shah Commission established by Government of India in 1977 to inquiry into excesses committed in the Indian Emergency found Sanjay Gandhi guilt of burning the negative, along with V. C. Shukla, Information and Broadcasting minister of the time. ........
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