New Delhi: As his upcoming film 'Aur Devdas' -- a hard-hitting political take on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's romantic-tragedy -- gears up for its release

soon, director Sudhir Mishra says he is not bothered by the recent censorship issues.

The filmmaker, who earlier faced the heat of the censor board for his movies like "Dharavi" (1992) and "Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi" (2005), said censorship is an old issue. "I am not worried about censorship, it is my country and I will fight for what I want. It is not as if censorship is beginning now, everybody is thinking it is happening now but we have problems all the time and you have a way of handling

it," Sudhir told PTI.

A file photo of Sudhir Mishra.

Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) locked horns with Bollywood over its recent decisions including removal of the word 'lesbian' from 'Dum Laga ke Haisha' followed by denying the primary clearance to Hollywood erotic romance

'Fifty Shades of Grey'.

The board also delayed the release of Anushka Sharma's "NH10" by objecting to certain scenes in it. The film industry has also been battling with the new

list of 28 banned cuss words issued by CBFC. Mishra along with other prominent Bollywood celebrities like Aamir Khan and Deepika Padukone met Minister of State for

I&B Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore to raise their concerns over the censorship.

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Sudhir Mishra: Not worried about censorship; it is my country, will fight for what I want