Like most forms of speech regulation, film censorship has its antecedents in the colonial era. The British established the Central Board of Film Certification in 1918 to limit the freedom of speech in undivided India under the British rule. In Independent India, the regime of film censorship was established by the Cinematograph Act of 1952. But even in 2018, the Indian Filmmakers are at the mercy of a few members (mainly politicians) of The Central Board of Film Certification