When the film was banned for the first time because of Mahatma Gandhi...
First Banned Film Bhakta Vidur: The British had also banned the film Tyag Bhoomi. This Tamil-language film made in 1939 was banned in Madras after 22 weeks of its release. First Banned Film Bhakta Vidur: The recently released film The Kerala Story is tax free in those states where the Chief Minister belongs to BJP. So there is a ban in those states, which are non-BJP ruled, but the history of ban on films in India is more or less as old as the history of Indian films. For the first time in India, when a film was banned, the rule was of the British and they had banned the film Bhakta Vidur in Karachi and Madras because of Mahatma Gandhi. 'This is Gandhi. We will not allow this' The name of the film that was banned for the first time in Indian history was Bhakta Vidur. It was a silent film i.e. there was no sound in this film. Released in the year 1921, this film was directed by Kanjibhai Rathod. This film was produced by Kohinoor Film Compan...