Sharif D Rangnekar

Sharif D Rangnekar is a communications consultant, a former journalist and human rights activist. He is the ex-CEO and ex-chairman of Integral PR.[1][2][3] Sharif has been the chairperson and President of the Public Relations Consultants Association of India (PRCAI).[4][5][6] Sharif is also the founder of Friends of Linger - a concept band. The band released two songs Head Held High which is dedicated to the LGBTQ community in India,[7][8][9] and Miss you, portraying a love story between two gay men.[10] The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) gave Miss you an A certificate, and found 10 seconds of video objectionable.[11][12] The Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT) later rescinded the directive from CBFC.[13][14]

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  7. ScoopWhoop (2015-04-21). "India's LGBT Community Gets Censor Board Approval On First Music Video". ScoopWhoop. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  8. Pandey, Sanskriti; Pandey, Sanskriti (2015-03-21). "Rights the way". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  9. "Head held high: India's LGBT community rocks with music video - Firstpost". www.firstpost.com. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  10. "Friends of Linger releases a music video on gay love". Hindustan Times. 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  11. "No time for same-sex love". dna. 2016-10-16. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  12. "Homophobic Much? Music Video Featuring Same-Sex Couple Censored". The Quint. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  13. Indiablooms. "Film Certification Appellate Tribunal clears same-sex love music video Miss You". Indiablooms.com. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  14. ANI (2017-02-25). "FCAT clears same-sex love music video 'Miss You'". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
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