Kissa Kursi Ka

<p>The plot revolved around a corrupt and evil politician Gangaram or Gangu, played by , trying to woo public, depicted as mute and helpless looking ( .) The movie is a humorous comment over the system and the selfishness of the politicians regarded as a motion picture version of the columns that are the most brutal taunt over the politics. The film was submitted to the for certification on in April 1975. The film had spoofed auto-manufacturing plans (later established as in 1981), besides Congress supporters like Swami , private secretary to Indira Gandhi , and . The board sent to seven-member revising committee, which further sent it to Union government. Subsequently, a show-cause notice raising 51 objections was sent to the producer by the Information and Broadcasting ministry. In his reply submitted on 11 July 1975, Nahata stated that the characters were “imaginary and do not refer to any political party or persons”. By the time, has already been declared. Subsequently, all the prints and the master-print of the film at Censor Board office were picked up, later brought to Maruti factory in , where they were burned. The subsequent established by Government of India in 1977 to inquiry into excesses committed in the Indian Emergency found Sanjay Gandhi guilty of burning the negative, along with , Information and Broadcasting minister of the time. The film was reshot again and the new version was subsequently broadcast in 1978. The legal case ran for 11 months, and court gave its judgment on 27 February 1979. Both Sanjay Gandhi and Shukla were sentenced to a month and two-year jail term imprisonment. Sanjay Gandhi was denied bail. The verdict was later overturned. In his judgment, District Judge, O. N. Vohra at Tis Hazari Court in Delhi, found the accused, guilty of ” , breach of trust, mischief by fire, dishonestly receiving criminal property, concealing stolen property and disappearance of evidence”.</p>