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Shekhar Kapur's Bandit Queen, based on Mala Sen's book about Phoolan Devi, was challenged in court by Devi herself and cleared for Indian release in 1996 after a long censor fight.
Water, about widows in 1938 India, was shut down in Varanasi in 2000 after its set was destroyed, then completed in Sri Lanka under a working title and released in 2005.
Alankrita Shrivastava's film about four women in Bhopal was refused certification in January 2017, appealed to the tribunal, and released with an A certificate on 21 July 2017.
Udta Punjab, a film about drug abuse in Punjab, reached cinemas on 17 June 2016 after the Bombay High Court set aside most CBFC demands and ordered an A certificate.