Saloni in Hava Aney Dey (movie Wikipedia)

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Fiction Feature Film / 93 mins / 35mm / Hindi stl-English / French / German / 2004

Hava Aney Dey (English Title: Let the Wind Blow) was shot on location in Mumbai - India, in October – November 2003 with a mixed crew composed of French & Indian technicians. It is an Indo-French co production between Santocha Productions, Paris and Mystique Media Ltd, Mumbai. It is also funded partly by the Fonds Sud, of the French Foreign Ministry and the French Cultural Ministry. It was post produced partly in Mumbai and Paris. It premiered at the Berlinale (Berlin International Film Festival) in 2004 and won awards at other important International Film Festivals.

The Indian Film Censor Board refused to give it a release certificate without a long list of sound and picture cuts reducing about 20 minutes of the film. The director refused to accept the censor desicion, as it would destroy the film with the abrupts cuts and sound mutes. The film was never released in India.

The film was also never officially screened in India as it was pulled out at the last minute (despite the selection by the festival) from the Cinefan film festival in New Delhi in 2005 by the Censors. Indian Filmmakers, artists, writers opposed to censorship continue to fight for the freedom to express themselves.

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