Eight INDIA bloc MPs have written to information and broadcasting minister Ashwini Vaishnaw questioning the denial of certification to the Oscar-nominated film The Voice of Hind Rajab, based on the story of a five-year-old Palestinian girl killed by Israeli forces in 2024. Rajab was fleeing Gaza City in January 2024 with her family when their car came under fire from Israeli forces. ADVERTISEMENTThe film is based on the long phone call that Rajab was on with Red Crescent before she was killed. “Such an approach raises serious concerns as to whether considerations extraneous to the statutory framework governing film certification have influenced the decision-making process. Demanding the film’s release, the MPs said: “Engagement with complex or uncomfortable subjects has never diminished the strength of our democracy...

Source: The Telegraph March 28, 2026 00:20 UTC