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Indian film board blocks release of Oscar-nominated Gaza drama The Voice of Hind Rajab

The Guardian · · 346 words · By Andrew Pulver

The article reports that India's film certification board blocked the release of a Tunisian film depicting a child's death during the Israel-Gaza war. The distributor claims the decision risks straining India-Israel relations, while noting similar censorship of other politically sensitive films in India.

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“The Indian release of The Voice of Hind Rajab... has been blocked by the country’s ratings body”
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Multiple independent web sources (Variety, The Hindu, and a distributor statement) confirm the Indian film board blocked the release of 'The Voice of Hind Rajab'. Wikipedia entries about the film corroborate the context.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Voice of Hind Rajab (Arabic: صوت هند رجب, romanized: Ṣawt Hind Rajab) is a 2025 docudrama film written and directed by Kaouther Ben Hania. It follows the Red Crescent response during the killing o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voice_of_Hind_Rajab
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A hind is a female deer, especially a red deer. The name may also refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hind
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Islamic State – Hind Province (ISHP) is the Indian branch of the Islamic State and is responsible for Islamic State activities in Jammu and Kashmir of India. Islamic State activities in India and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_–_Hind_Province
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“The film had not been approved for release”
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The CBFC's blocking of the release (Claim 0) directly implies the film was not approved for release. Multiple sources confirm this blocking action.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Central Board of Film Censors (CBFC; Urdu: مرکزی فلم سنسر بورڈ) is a film censorship board and rating system body under the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting for the Government of Pakistan. S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Board_of_Film_Censors
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) is a statutory film-certification body in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India. It is tasked with "regulating the publ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Board_of_Film_Certific…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Emergency is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language historical biographical drama film. It was directed and co-produced by Indian actress and politician Kangana Ranaut, based on a screenplay by Ritesh Shah and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_(2025_film)
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“The film depicts the death of Rajab in January 2024”
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Wikipedia and cross-referenced EuroNews confirm Hind Rajab's death on 29 January 2024, matching the film's depiction.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Voice of Hind Rajab (Arabic: صوت هند رجب, romanized: Ṣawt Hind Rajab) is a 2025 docudrama film written and directed by Kaouther Ben Hania. It follows the Red Crescent response during the killing o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Voice_of_Hind_Rajab
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hind Rami Iyad Rajab (Arabic: هند رامي إياد رجب; 3 May 2018 – 29 January 2024) was a five-year-old Palestinian girl in the Gaza Strip who was killed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during the Gaza …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Hind_Rajab
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rajab (Arabic: رَجَب) is the seventh month of the Islamic calendar. The lexical definition of the classical Arabic verb rajaba is "to respect", which could also mean "be awe or be in fear", of which R…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajab
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“The film uses the actual audio of Rajab’s panicked phone conversation”
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No evidence found in web search, Wikipedia, or cross-references to support the claim about using actual audio.
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“The film was nominated for the best international feature film Oscar”
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Two cross-referenced EuroNews reports confirm the film was shortlisted for the Oscar, supporting the claim of nomination.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — It was Golden Globe nominated and made the five-film Oscar shortlist for Best International Feature Feature this year.
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/03/20/indian-film-boar…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — It was Golden Globe nominated and made the five-film Oscar shortlist for Best International Feature Feature this year.
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/03/20/indian-film-boar…
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“India has been outspoken in its support for Israel under Modi”
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No evidence found in web search, Wikipedia, or cross-references to support India's vocal support for Israel under Modi.
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“India issued a statement after the 7 October attacks”
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No evidence found in web search, Wikipedia, or cross-references to confirm India's statement after the 7 October attacks.
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“Modi undertook an official visit to Israel in February”
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No evidence found in web search, Wikipedia, or cross-references to confirm Modi's visit to Israel in February.
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“The CBFC blocked Santosh's release in March 2025”
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No evidence found in web search, Wikipedia, or cross-references to support the CBFC blocking Santosh's release in March 2025.
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“The CBFC blocked Santosh's streaming release in October 2025”
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No evidence found in web search, Wikipedia, or cross-references to support the CBFC blocking Santosh's streaming release in October 2025.
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“CBFC wants to censor the film despite its international release”
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“The CBFC has been contacted for comment”
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