Urgent restructuring of India film Censor Board called for
CBFC (popularly known as Censor Board) is the body responsible for certifying films suitable for public exhibition in the country. According to an estimate, every three months an audience as large as India's entire population.
PEOPLE ARE are calling for for immediate restructuring of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) of India because of continuous increase in the unnecessary vulgarity and violence in Indian films.
Zed, who is the president of Universal Society of Hinduism, said that they were fully supportive of the artistic freedom and expression and did not want any unnecessary censorship, but were highly concerned about the increasing presence of the immodest and risqué scenes in the movies which were there simply for “mercantile greed” having nothing to do with cinematic elements. Rajan Zed pointed out that CBFC chairperson Filmfare winner Sharmila Tagore (Aradhana) and her team needed to be retrained in “what India stood for” and what were our moral perimeters. India wanted to raise the future generations as moral and successful citizens of tomorrow and not as the lost souls who knew no moral boundaries. Zed stresses that the country’s Cinematograph Act lays down that a film has to be certified keeping “morality” in mind, besides other things. CBFC objectives of film certification reportedly include… “the medium of film remains responsible and sensitive to the values and standards of society”, “the medium of film provides clean and healthy entertainment”…What happened to the CBFC “guidelines for certification” like “human sensibilities are not offended by vulgarity, obscenity or depravity”, Zed asked. Rajan Zed argued that cinema was a highly powerful medium and had the potential of impacting the audience and altering the psyche, especially the impressionable minds of younger generation. Meanwhile, Bhavna Shinde of Forum for Hindu Awakening has said that morality was the strongest asset of a nation. CBFC and Sharmila Tagore really needed to wake up and at least make an honest attempt to stop the moral degradation being caused by the reckless display of sex and violence in many movies, primarily inserted due to box office greed. CBFC should follow its own rules properly, Shinde stressed. CBFC website has been reportedly non-functional for a long time and the taxpayers had no easy access to information about the certified films, CBFC guidelines and procedures, its contact information and officials, Cinematograph Act, etc., Zed pointed out. CBFC (popularly known as Censor Board) is the body responsible for certifying films suitable for public exhibition in the country. According to an estimate, every three months an audience as large as India’s entire population (about 1.17 billion) flocks to the cinema halls.
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