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Mumbai:
Filmmaker Onir said that he does not understand the logic behind censor cuts.
The censor board has asked Onir to edit an intimate scene between Sanjay Suri and Tannishtha Chatterjee in his upcoming film Chauranga. Also, they have asked the filmmaker to edit a scene which shows a Dalit boy being pushed into a well.
"It feels sad when I see a film like this with social significance running into trouble with the censor board. Everybody has liked the film at many festivals and the scenes are not there for titillation and graphic at all. And then you see much more regressive stuff getting away in the name of entertainment. I think that is very unfair," Onir told PTI.
Directed by Bikas Ranjan Mishra, Chauranga is based on the story of a Brahmin landlord in Jharkhand.(Also Read: After the Success of Talvar, Onir Says Its Good Time to Release Chauranga)
"They have asked us to edit parts of certain scenes, remove long shot from one and close up from another. It is like you are showing a pilot sitting in the cockpit, how to fly the plane, but you are asked not to show the take-off. It is weird because the film deals with caste atrocities. We are not encouraging that. It is not even violent. I don't understand the logic behind this," added Onir.
Recently, Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) chairman Pahlaj Nihalani, was criticised for cutting short kissing scenes between actor Daniel Craig and his leading ladies in the 24th James Bond film SPECTRE.
"There was a problem with a kissing scene in the James Bond film. Who are they to decide what is too long and what is not? You cannot let your personal comfort encroach this space. It is not a problem of just one man. It is an overall issue," said Onir.
Onir said that the Cinematograph Act of 1952 for film certification should be revamped.
"I am all for revamping the Cinematograph Act. It is a misuse of the Act which is now outdated. Instead of censorship, there should be a grading system. It was created when there was no internet. Today, children have access to almost everything. They can see what they want on the internet, even on TV. Film is a medium which is already monitored," added Onir.
Chauranga, which won the Best Indian Film award at MAMI film festival last year, is scheduled to release on January 8 next year.
The censor board has asked Onir to edit an intimate scene between Sanjay Suri and Tannishtha Chatterjee in his upcoming film Chauranga. Also, they have asked the filmmaker to edit a scene which shows a Dalit boy being pushed into a well.
"It feels sad when I see a film like this with social significance running into trouble with the censor board. Everybody has liked the film at many festivals and the scenes are not there for titillation and graphic at all. And then you see much more regressive stuff getting away in the name of entertainment. I think that is very unfair," Onir told PTI.
Directed by Bikas Ranjan Mishra, Chauranga is based on the story of a Brahmin landlord in Jharkhand.(Also Read: After the Success of Talvar, Onir Says Its Good Time to Release Chauranga)
"They have asked us to edit parts of certain scenes, remove long shot from one and close up from another. It is like you are showing a pilot sitting in the cockpit, how to fly the plane, but you are asked not to show the take-off. It is weird because the film deals with caste atrocities. We are not encouraging that. It is not even violent. I don't understand the logic behind this," added Onir.
Recently, Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) chairman Pahlaj Nihalani, was criticised for cutting short kissing scenes between actor Daniel Craig and his leading ladies in the 24th James Bond film SPECTRE.
"There was a problem with a kissing scene in the James Bond film. Who are they to decide what is too long and what is not? You cannot let your personal comfort encroach this space. It is not a problem of just one man. It is an overall issue," said Onir.
Onir said that the Cinematograph Act of 1952 for film certification should be revamped.
"I am all for revamping the Cinematograph Act. It is a misuse of the Act which is now outdated. Instead of censorship, there should be a grading system. It was created when there was no internet. Today, children have access to almost everything. They can see what they want on the internet, even on TV. Film is a medium which is already monitored," added Onir.
Chauranga, which won the Best Indian Film award at MAMI film festival last year, is scheduled to release on January 8 next year.
