The world television premiere of Hansal Mehta's Aligarh, based on the societal taboo around homosexuality, had key words like 'homosexual' and 'gair mard' muted, on the channel &PicturesHD. ALSO READ: Sanskaari censor board snips bra scene from Sidharth-Katrina's Baar Baar DekhoOPINION: Dear censor board, how different are *these* from a bra? It is soul crushing for a gay person to find the word homosexual muted in #Aligarh. — Apurva M Asrani (@Apurvasrani) September 12, 2016I had to carry out the censorship brutality on #Aligarh myself. India shares its stance on homosexuality with countries like Algeria, Egypt, Sudan, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, among others.

Source: India Today September 12, 2016 05:37 UTC