Bangladesh Film Censor Board

The Bangladesh Film Censor Board is a regulatory agency that is responsible for the censorship of movies and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1]

Bangladesh Film Censor Board
Formation1977
HeadquartersDhaka, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
Websitewww.bfcb.gov.bd

History

The censor board was set up in 1977 following the framing of Bangladesh Censorship of Film Rules.[1] The agency is responsible for the censorship of locally produced movies and foreign imports, and acts as the registrar of film clubs in Bangladesh.[2] Martuza Ahmed, the secretary of the Ministry of Information, is the ex-officio chairman of the board.[3] In 2015, the board blocked My Bicycle, the first film in the Chakma language (a minority language) in Bangladesh.[4] It also blocked a movie about the Rana Plaza building collapse in which more than a thousand garment workers died.[5][6] Another movie was banned in which the villain wore a Mujib coat, a style associated with the founding president of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujib.[7]

References
  1. Hayat, Anupam. "Film Censorship". Banglapedia. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  2. "Bangladesh Film Censor Board". www.bfcb.gov.bd. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  3. "Bangladesh Film Censor Board". bfcb.gov.bd. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  4. "Bangladesh's Censor Board Blocks the Country's First Chakma-Language Film". globalvoices.org. Global Voices. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  5. "Bangladesh Censor Board blocks 'Rana Plaza' from cinemas". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  6. "Bangladesh court bans movie on Rana Plaza factory disaster". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  7. "Film banned as villain wears Mujib coat". The Daily Star. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2016.


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