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Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday said creative freedom and the freedom of expression cannot be curtailed and the censor board cannot refuse to certify a film just because there is an apprehension of a law and order problem...
A division bench of Justices B P Colabawalla and Firdosh Pooniwalla expressed its displeasure with the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) for not taking a decision on the issuance of a certificate to Kangana Ranaut-starrer film Emergency, and ordered for the decision to be taken by September 25...
It asked if the CBFC thinks the people of this country are so naive to believe everything that is shown in a movie...
On the petitioners claim that the CBFC was delaying issuance of certificate to the movie due to political reasons, the HC noted the films co-producer Ranaut was herself a sitting BJP parliamentarian and questioned if the ruling party was acting against its own MP...
Ranaut, who has directed and co-produced the film besides playing the lead role of former prime minister late Indira Gandhi, earlier this week accused the CBFC of stalling certification to delay the release...
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