There has been an uproar over the controversial BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This documentary is being opposed from India to London. Even before this, 43 films have been banned in the country.

It banned Summer Time in 1955, Neel Akshar Neeche in 1959, Gokul Shankar in 1963, Garam Hawa in 1973, and Aandhi in 1975

Amrit Nahta in 1977, Tamil film Koothrpathirikai in 1993, 'Kaum The Heere' in 2014, Bandit Queen in 1994, banned in Sikkim in 1971

Khaak Aur Khoon in 1979, Indiana Jones and the Temple and Doom in 1984, and Pati Parmeshwar in 1987 were banned

Kamasutra: A Tale of Love and Fire in 1996, Punch in 2001, Hawaayen in 2003, Pink Mirror, Final Solution, and Hawa Aane De in 2004 were banned

Black Friday in 2005, Amu, Water, Haid Anhad in 2009, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in 2011, Chatrak, Papilio Buddha in 2013

In 2014 Gujjar Movement A Fight For Right, No Fire Zone In 2014, Kaum The Diamond Was Banned

Fifty Shades of Grey, Main Hoon Rajinikanth, Unfreedom, India's Daughter, Patta Patta Da Singhan Da Vaari, Porkalathil Oru Poo, The Mastermind Zinda Sukha, The Painted House, Muttrupuliya were banned in 2015.

Films like Mohalla Assi in 2016, Dharam Yudh Morcha, Neelam, and Toofan in 2017 faced bans.