Vel Dahl

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Book lover.

[Ravi Mohan @iam_RaviMohan]

Getting stronger everyday 😊 I thank each and everyone for showering unconditional love towards me. It is your hope that makes me want to give back love, respect and everything positive. I’ll be working tirelessly in cinema industry for everyone who wants me to grow. Grateful for life to have received all of it from my fans, industry friends, press and media and the divine light that is guiding me 🙏🏼 ❤️Swamiye Saranam 🙏🏼

[Laxmi Kanth @iammoviebuff007]

#VijaySethupathi's Next Film Titled as #SLUMDOG - 33 Temple Road..😮 Directed by #PuriJagannadh ..✌️

[Ram Gopal Varma @RGVzoomin]

CENSOR BOARD is OUTDATED

Not in the context of just @Actor_Vijay ‘s #JanaNayagan ‘s censor issues but in an overall manner, it is truly foolish to think that the censor board is still relevant today

It has long outlived it’s purpose, but it’s being kept alive out of laziness to debate it’s relevance now , and it is the film industry as a whole which is mainly responsible for this

We live in a time where a 12-year old with a phone can watch a terrorist execution filmed on a GoPro, a 9-year-old can stumble upon hardcore porn, and a bored retiree can binge extremist propaganda, indulge in conspiracy theories , from anywhere in the world, uncut, uncensored, algorithmically pushed. All of it is available instantly, anonymously, and without a gatekeeper.

At the same time, everybody in every wake of society speak in abusive language from new channels to YouTubers and from other apps ..If you quote that age old belief that cinema is a powerful medium , don’t ignore the fact that the social media has far more reach than cinema .and it is full of political venom, communal poison, character assassinations, live, uncensored shouting matches in the name of debates.

And in this reality, for the honourable censor board to believe that cutting a word in a film, trimming a shot, or blurring a cigarette will “protect society.” is a Joke

The censor board was born in an era of scarcity when images were rare, access was limited, and the state controlled the media . Cinema halls were crowd points. Newspapers had editors. Television had schedules. Control made sense then.
But today, any form of a control is impossible because no one can no longer decide what people should or should not see

In such times as now, censorship doesn’t prevent exposure… it only insults the viewers .
We are supposed to have smartness to decide who should rule us but not what we want to see or hear ???

What the censor board actually does now is not protection, but only theatrics . It’s a ritual of authority in Oscar worthy performances where scissors replace thinking, and moral pretence moves around in a disguise called responsibility.

The same society that freely scrolls through graphic violence on social media suddenly becomes “concerned” when a filmmaker shows something in a theatre

This hypocrisy is dangerous

Censorship assumes people are children forever as if they aren’t even aware what all things children have access to?

Cinema is not meant to be a classroom where lessons are taught . They are mirrors , view points , expressions and opinions meant to entertain
The job of the authorities is not to edit or cut them out, but to trust citizens enough to decide for themselves ,which is the main point of freedom of speech and expression, guaranteed under the constitution

If the argument is “think of the children or adults who are like children “it takes very less intelligence to understand that they cannot be protected by blunt scissors wielded by committees ,whose own personal tastes pass off as public morality also not to forget their bias and agendas .

Age classification makes sense. Warnings of the content makes sense. Censorship does not.

Continuing to defend the relevance of the censor board today is like insisting on a watchman for a building whose walls have already been broken and everyone can see what’s inside

The world has already moved on to so many platforms which are unfiltered and unsupervised and so the painful question is whether the authorities have the courage to admit that they are obsolete, and more than that, whether we as a film industry collectively have the will to question them on the same
So instead of raising this topic once in a while over a particular film , the fight should be with that particular system of thinking which created the censor board

[Sun News @sunnewstamil]

90’s Kids-க்கு ஒரு நற்செய்தி!

#SunNews | #PowerRangers | #WebSeries

[Sun Pictures @sunpictures]

May his soul rest in peace. Heartfelt condolences to his family and loved ones.

#RIPAVMSaravanan #AVMSaravanan

[Vel Dahl @DahlVel]

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[Vel Dahl @DahlVel]

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[Fonda Lee **news and updates** @FondaJLee]

My writing homework this week is to rewatch all the Bruce Lee movies. 👍 If you're suffering for your art, you're not doing it right, I say.

[Raaj Kamal Films International @RKFI]

Happy to associate with @qubecinema as World Wide DCP delivery partner for #Vikram

#KamalHaasan #VikramFromJune3

@ikamalhaasan @Dir_Lokesh @VijaySethuOffl #FahadhFaasil @anirudhofficial #Mahendran @RKFI @SayCinema @turmericmediaTM @SonyMusicSouth

[Lokesh Kanagaraj @Dir_Lokesh]

This made my day ❤️❤️❤️

[Sri Venkateswara Creations @SVC_official]

Elated to kick start the ambitious
#Thalapathy66 with a Pooja ceremony in Chennai

@actorvijay @directorvamshi @iamRashmika @MusicThaman @SVC_official @Cinemainmygenes

#Thalapathy66Launched

[Sivakarthikeyan @Siva_Kartikeyan]

Nice bro actually better than mine 👏👏😊👍

[மாறா @a__tweets2]

இவர் படம் லாம் ஜெயிக்கும் போது நம்ம வீட்லேந்து யாரோ ஜெயிச்ச மாறி ஒரு சந்தோஷம் வருது ❤

@Siva_Kartikeyan

[Vel Dahl @DahlVel]

@JayCeeYes2212s @Premgiamaren Therilaye maapu 😅

[billie eilish @billieeilish]

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[Vel Dahl @DahlVel]

@SBR_offl Chill pannunga bro. Sila Ara vekkadu suthittu dhaan thiriyium.

[Vel Dahl @DahlVel]

@XBFilmCreators Trailer eppo

[Amitabh Bachchan @SrBachchan]

T 3569 - This is Aayush .. divyaang , physically challenged .. cannot use his hands, so paints with his feet ..
it was a privilege when I met him at home .. bless him and his superior talent ..
gifts me with this .. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️🌹🌹

[Keerthy Suresh @KeerthyOfficial]

Very kicked about this one! 💙

#PenguinFirstSingle will be released by @anirudhofficial tomorrow at 5 PM.
Thanks Ani! ❤️
#Penguin

[Keerthy Suresh @KeerthyOfficial]

Shocking and speechless! Unbelievable that this young talent is no more!
Gone way too soon!
Rest in peace.

#SushantSinghRajput