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April 8, 2013

isque bedroom encounters, lip-locks , cuss words, blood and gore — scenes from Indian cinema that fell victim to the Censor Board's scissors will come alive for audiences. The 'Cut-Uncut festival' , to be held in the capital later this month, will celebrate 100 years of Indian films with screenings of never-before-seen footage.

The screenings will be accompanied by discussions on on-screen violence, sex, nudity , dance numbers and portrayal of religion in films. To be held from April 25-30 , the festival will screen films such as Anurag Kashyap's Gangs of Wasseypur, focusing on reel violence and cuss words.

The festival will also screen the 1933 classic, 'Karma' , by Himanshu Rai and Devika Rani to trace the history of adult scenes and the screening of Yash Chopra's 'Dharamputra' on the subject of religion .

Organized at the behest of the I&B ministry, the festival is part of celebrations that include exhibitions of film posters , student film festivals, screenings in college campuses and screenings of rare films including silent movies. The events, spread over April and May, are being organized in collaboration with Central Board of Film Certification, Films Division, National Film Archives of India and the [url="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Film-and-Television-Institute-of-India"]Film and Television Institute of India[/url].

The ministry also plans to screen documentaries and an exhibition of restored film posters. Among the other rare performances is screening of the silent film, 'Throw of Dice' , to a live music ensemble performance by Ustad Nishad Khan. The 1929 movie was directed by German Franz Osten and was based on a famous Mahabharata episode.