Another Anurag Kashyap film axed by the censor board

It's been a tough couple of months for Bollywood director/producer Anurag Kashyap.

The heat around Udta Punjab had barely come to a simmer when his upcoming film Haraamkhor started facing some flames, reports Times of India.

The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) refused a certificate to the Nawazuddin Siddiqui-starrer Haraamkhor, objecting to its theme - that is, the romance between a student and a teacher.

According to the CBFC letter that was issued against the film, the certificate was refused because a teacher is a "respectable figure in our society" and showing a relationship of a teacher with a student is wrong.

"There are many filthy dialogues spoken by kids and body gestures of the kids were also found to be objectionable. Kids committing crime etc does not merit any certificate to the film. Hence, 'refused' because of its theme itself," the CBFC letter said.

Haraamkhor has already been premiered at the 15th annual New York Indian Film Festival and Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) and Nawazuddin Siddiqui has received the best actor award for the film at the New York Indian Film Festival while the film won a Silver Gateway Award in the India Gold section of the 17th Jio MAMI Film Festival held in Mumbai.