A documentary on the rise of Arvind Kejriwal, from an activist to Delhi Chief Minister, has landed in trouble, with the Central Board of Film Certification seeking the removal of certain portions. The film’s makers claim they have been asked to remove references to the BJP and the Congress.
Director-duo Khushboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla’s An Insignificant Man traces the rise of Mr. Kejriwal and the birth of the Aam Aadmi Party.
“We have shown in our film how an outsider enters politics; it is about how somebody who is protesting becomes a politician. We did not anticipate any kind of trouble for our film,” Ms. Khushboo said.
“It is a political film... The job of the censor chief is not to protect political parties or politicians,” she alleged.
CBFC chief Pahlaj Nihalani refuted their claims, saying: “We have asked them to mute some words and the specification of which have been given in the letter, which they should share with the media.”
“After the film went to the revising committee, we were told to get an NOC from PM Narendra Modi, former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit and Mr. Arvind Kejriwal to clear their film,” Mr. Shukla said.
