Ficci frames: Industry raises alarm over censorship

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STAR India Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Uday Shankar, also the chairman of Ficci’s media & entertainment committee, set the tone for the first day of the annual Ficci Frames conference, when he brought up the issue of censorship and the impediment it poses for the growth of creative talent in the country. 

Addressing the audience during the inaugural session of the media conference, Shankar said while India was celebrating rapid growth, he saw censorship as a “disturbing trend”.

“I am concerned if the Indian creative mind is in a position to respond to the pace of technological change with an