Ravi Kishan supports censorship in films ahead of Mirzapur release: ‘Films affect the youth’ | Bollywood News

3 min readNew DelhiJul 24, 2026 05:01 PM Actor-politcian Ravi Kishan has had a three-decade long film career and as per his admission, he is known as the “national crush” and the “Brad Pitt of Bihar.” Ravi was a guest at The Indian Express’ Idea Exchange on Friday, July 24, where he was asked about the recent censorship troubles of Diljit Dosanjh-starrer Satluj, which did not get a certificate, and even after its release on an OTT platform, it was pulled down just two days later. Ravi, who described himself as an “encyclopedia on cinema”, was also asked about the certification body and how he would feel if one of his projects were heavily censored the CBFC.
When asked about the recent censorship troubles encountered Satluj, Ravi said that there must have been a “sensitivity” issue. He danced himself from the subject and said, “I have zero knowledge about it. I just know that the film came and was removed. To be honest, I don’t know the details.”
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He then added that artes must be responsible while making films and said that in an attempt to make an entertaining film, they “must not hurt any community or misrepresent any horical event.” Ravi then gave examples of Dhurandhar, Maa Behen and the Netflix show Maamla Legal Hai and said that these projects were released successfully. Ravi worked as an actor in Maa Behen and Maamla Legal Hai.
He said, “We must be answerable to society because what we make affects the youth. We must be responsible while writing a script and making a movie.” He added that in the past “books were burnt, people were taught wrong hory” and he said that films must be very careful about representing horical events correctly.
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Ravi was then asked how we would feel if, as an arte, his work were to be scrutinised the CBFC, or if one of his films got a long l of cuts the censor board. To this, Ravi said, “I will ask, ‘Why?’ I will ask, ‘What make did I make?’”Story continues below this ad
He then said that censorship troubles have exed in India for a long time and spoke about the Emergency era in the 1970s. “It happened during Sholay too. It has happened with thousands of films. It happened during the Congress regime too. Kishore Kumar was banned on radio. Itihaas mein bahut tandav macha hai (Hory is full of such examples). But now if anything happens, I will ask, ‘What is the problem?’ I will ask if I am hurting a community, misrepresenting hory, telling a false story, and then I will edit it on my own. Because a lot of money is invested in films,” he said. Ravi said that there have been instances where films have received 50-100 cuts as well.
Ravi will next be seen in Mirzapur – The Movie. The film, which is based on the Amazon Prime Video web series, has been severely critcised for its use of expletives. The film releases in theatres on September 4.