Wednesday, 22nd January 05:00 PM IST

Writer-director Hansal Mehta has come forward and accused censor board of discrimination, saying his film 'Shahid' was rated 'A' while big films like 'Ramleela' and 'Madras Cafe' were given U/A certificate despite having kissing and violent scenes.

Mehta had filed an RTI seeking information from the Central Board of Film Certification, about the rating given to these two films.

The director has said that he had nothing against the two releases but was not happy with the way his film was discriminated. 

Mehta recently tweeted - “I had to appeal to the revising committee to retain the line and to get an ‘A’ certificate. I have reason to feel that my film was discriminated against and the CBFC is sympathetic towards ‘big’ films.”