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Tuesday, 22nd July 2014, 05:15 PM IST CEO of the Censor Board of Film Certification (CBFC), Rakesh Kumar expressed his displeasure over objectionable content being passed in films. In a recent interview, he said “We want to nip this trend in the bud.”
The CBFC has passed a new order that says instead of blurring out vulgar scenes they will be edited out. Also beeping of cuss words wouldn’t be passable, the scene will be muted instead. Confirming this Kumar said, “Blurring toh bilkul nahin chalega. And if there are gaalis, a 'U' certificate will only be given if the objectionable part is muted in its entirety. Cuss words become obvious if beeped out.”
The reason behind this order was a particular scene involving frontal nudity in Ashu Trikha's ‘Koyelaanchal’ and the lovemaking scene between Arshad Warsi and Huma Qureshi in ‘Dedh Ishqiya’. The CBFC received a lot of flak for getting away with the scenes and hence the new order. Steps are now being taken to ensure that violence against women and children committing crimes is also not highlighted. A source close to the development said,“Earlier, only select members were invited to screenings which lead to accusations of bias towards certain bigwigs. But now, every one of the 150 members will get his chance to vote.” |