Bharatiya Chitrapat Sena Explained

The Bharatiya Chitrapat Sena (Indian Film Industry Army) is a sub organization of the Shiv Sena which manages operations in the business of cinema of India.

Long before the establishment of the BCS as an independent organization, Shiv Sena still included film operations among its activities.^[1]

In 2011 the organization requested that singer Lata Mangeshkar not be the subject of ridicule.^[2]

In 2013 the BCS announced plans to acquire and operate multiple film organizations.^[3]

In 2018 the organization requested that no film company produce a biography of the life of Bal Thackeray.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Gupta . Dipankar . The Shiv Sena Movement: Its Organization and Operation, Part One . Social Scientist . May 1980 . 8 . 10 . 22 . 10.2307/3516641.
2. Web site: Making 'fun' of Lata no laughing matter: Shiv Sena - Indian Express . archive.indianexpress.com . 7 May 2011.
3. Web site: Shiv Sena plans to have single Union for film industry . Hindustan Times . en . 30 March 2013.
4. Web site: Himesh . Mankad . Himesh Mankad. Shiv Sena functionary issues threat to competitors of Thackeray biopic; makers say this is not party's stand . . en . 28 December 2018.