Reacting to the arrest of Central Board of Film Certification’s (CBFC) CEO Rakesh Kumar in an alleged bribery case, filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj says it is high time that Information and Broadcasting Ministry come forward to aggressively help the film fraternity on various matters.
“I have read about it (arrest of CBFC CEO) in newspapers. There are other things as well. We have been promised for eight years that a category (of films) will be formed for 12-plus, 15-plus, 18-plus children but it has not happened yet. We are suffering,” Bhardwaj said.
“There are films that are for 12-plus or 15-plus children so if this category is created it will help us. If you have some adult content in the film ,there is pressure from corporate houses and producers to make sure that there is no satellite issue. So we work under a lot of constraints. We entertain people and the ministry should look at our problems. I think the I&B ministry should come forward and help us,” he said.
The CBFC is a statutory body under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to regulate public exhibition of films under the provisions of The Cinematograph Act 1952.
Bhardwaj shares a sentiment similar to CBFC Chairperson Leela Samson, who said “the transparent method of certifying films is computerisation of applications.”
Bhardwaj was talking at the music launch of Haider.
