The Central Board for Film Certification (CBFC) filed an affidavit at the Bombay High Court on Tuesday justifying its stand on asking film producers to obtain separate censorship certificates for subtitles.
A Division Bench of Justices R.M. Borde and V.M. Deshpande was hearing a plea field by the Indian Motion Picture Producers Association challenging the censor board’s decision to give subtitles for censorship. The affidavit said it was duty-bound to ensure that filmmakers do not insert any words or visuals after a film is certified.
“The rationale behind the impugned notice is to curb the mischief noticed in a number of films where subtitles were introduced or added after the film's certification by the CBFC. This amounts to an alteration in the film. This mischief needs to be plugged or curbed.” The board said there have been cases when cuss words are added in the subtitles after a censor certificate has been issued. The matter will be heard on August 20.
