The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) came under heavy criticism at the annual FICCI Frames event here from Star India chairman and CEO Uday Shankar, who said the board was becoming more and more conservative.
“As the world gets bolder, our censor authorities seem to be getting more and more conservative. Even a word like ‘saali’ has to be silenced in a film,” said Mr. Shankar, who is also the chairman of the FICCI Media & Entertainment Committee.
The producers of Jolly LLB 2 , he said, were asked to screen the movie for a group of lawyers and medical professionals, who were asked to decide if certain scenes were appropriate and also ensure no professions or institutions had been insulted. “This was despite the fact that the movie had been certified for universal release by the censor board.”
Women’s issues are still a no-go area, he added. “And of course don’t go anywhere near discussions of women’s issues — let alone female sexuality.”
