‘Dr. Zhivago’ escapes censors’ scissors

New Delhi: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has made a departure from the established standards in film censorship by passing ‘Dr. Zhivago’ almost uncensored.

The other two films, ‘Who is Afraid of Virginia Woolf ’ and ‘Shakespearwala’ have also escaped the Censors’ scissors and will be screened shortly.

A review of the working of the different information and field publicity media of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry during the year 1966-67 reveals that news reading in several languages has improved along with the quality of news.

During the period several discussions of national importance were organised with skill and discernment on topics like Devaluation, student unrest, the state of the economy, cow slaughter, obscurantism and Secularism, which left their impact on the listeners of All-India Radio.

The planning and coverage of the General Election has been highly recommended.

All India Radio’s monitoring service at Simla has contributed greatly to the country’s knowledge of what other countries think of the world situation, and in India, through their broadcasting networks.

Television service on the whole has improved steadily and the presentation of science lessons on TV have helped students in their studies.

The Press Information Bureau too did a good job of informing the Press and public of the two Punjab turmoils in the first and third quarters of the year. It gave a good explanation of the aspects of Devaluation and skilfully handled several international conferences.