CBFC’s New Office Opens In Peddar Road

On roads on Tuesday afternoon from Bollywood led to to the new censor board office in Peddar Road. Amitabh Bachchan arrived on the dot at 4 pm to inaugurate the event

Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) now has a new office at the 9th Floor, Films Division in Pedder Road, Mumbai. The state-of-the-art facility was inaugurated by Mr. Amitabh Bachchan and Hon. Ajay Mittal, Secretary, I&B Ministry. The ‘Samay Diya’ was lit by both the gentlemen along the CBFC Chairperson, Mr. Pahlaj Nihalani and a host of other celebrities including Mr. Anupam Kher, Ms. Raveena Tandon, Mr. Sonu Sood and Mr. Kiran Shantaram.

The event was well attended by filmmakers and professionals from other social, political, defense and regulatory backgrounds. Partial list of attendees include Mr. Ashish Shelar, MLA and President of BJP, Mumbai, General Anuj Mathur, Mr. Amitabh Gupta, Controller Legal Metrology, Mr. Sonu Sood, Mr. BhushanKumar (T-series), Mr. Mukesh Bhatt, Mr. Vipul Amrutlal Shah, Mr. BoneyKapoor, Mr. Ratan Jain, Mr. Gordhan Tanwani, Mr. Danzil Dias (Warner), Mr. Sarabjit Singh and Mr. Jacinto Farnandis (Universal Pictures), Mr. ShibashishSarkar and Mr. Aditya Chowksey (Reliance), Mr. Vijay Galani, Mr. ManmohanShetty, Mr. Naresh Malhotra (Prime Focus), Mr. Siddharth Roy Kapoor, Mr. T. P. Agarwal, Mr. Kulmeet Makkar (Producer Guild’s CEO), Mr. P. K. Gupta, Mr. P. S. Ramanthan (Rajshri), Mr. Rajinder Jiyala (Inox), Mr. Thomas D’Souza (PVR), Mr. Pankaj Jaisinh and Mr. Rajesh Mishra (UFO)

The CBFC was planning an expansion of premise ever since 1952. In the fortnight, the CBFC also launched an online certification portal. Both these initiatives are towards efficiency and transparency enhancement.
05/04/17, 11:19:44 AM: Pahlaj Nihalani: Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Mittal (Secretary I&B Ministry), Raveena Tandon, Anupam Kher, Sonu Sood, Ratan Jain, Gordhan Tanwani, Danzil Dias (Warner), Sarabjit Singh – JacintoFarnandis (Universal), Shibashish Sarkar– Aditya Chowksey (Reliance Entertainment), Boney Kapoor, Vijay Galani, Kiran Shantaram, ManmohanShetty, Naresh Malhotra (Prime Focus), Bhushan Kumar – Mukesh Desai (T. Series), Mukesh Bhatt, Vipul Amrutlal Shah, Siddharth Roy Kapoor (Chairperson Producer’s Guild), T. P. Agarwal (President IMPPA), KulmeetMakkar (CEO – Producer Guild), P. K. Gupta – P. S. Ramanthan (Rajshri), Ashish Shelar (MLA and President BJP Mumbai), General Anuj Mathur, Amitabh Gupta (Controller Legal Metrology), Rajender Jiyala (Inox), Thomas D’Souza (PVR), Pankaj Jaisinh – Rajesh Mishra (UFO), Rajesh Vasani (Paras Publicity), Abbas – Mustan, Pritish Nandi, Rangita Pritish Nandy, Vijay Singh (Fox Star Studios), Sushil Agarwal (Ultra), Gajendra Chauhan (Chairperson FTII), Sangram Shirke (President WIFA), Abhay Sinha (Vice President IMPPA(, Bipin Kumar Singh (Additional D.G. Anti Corruption), Amrit Mohan Prasad (Joint Director CBI), Sheetal Talwar, Bimal Parekh (Financial Advisor to Aamir Khan), Pawan Singh (Bhojpuri Actor) and many other dignitaries.
05/04/17, 11:20:04 AM: Pahlaj Nihalani: Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Mittal (Secretary I&B Ministry), Raveena Tandon, Anupam Kher, Sonu Sood, Ratan Jain, Gordhan Tanwani, Danzil Dias (Warner), Sarabjit Singh – JacintoFarnandis (Universal), Shibashish Sarkar– Aditya Chowksey (Reliance Entertainment), Boney Kapoor, Vijay Galani, Kiran Shantaram, ManmohanShetty, Naresh Malhotra (Prime Focus), Bhushan Kumar – Mukesh Desai (T. Series), Mukesh Bhatt, Vipul Amrutlal Shah, Siddharth Roy Kapoor (Chairperson Producer’s Guild), T. P. Agarwal (President IMPPA), KulmeetMakkar (CEO – Producer Guild), P. K. Gupta – P. S. Ramanthan (Rajshri), Ashish Shelar (MLA and President BJP Mumbai), General Anuj Mathur, Amitabh Gupta (Controller Legal Metrology), Rajender Jiyala (Inox), Thomas D’Souza (PVR), Pankaj Jaisinh – Rajesh Mishra (UFO), Rajesh Vasani (Paras Publicity), Abbas – Mustan, Pritish Nandi, Rangita Pritish Nandy, Vijay Singh (Fox Star Studios), Sushil Agarwal (Ultra), Gajendra Chauhan (Chairperson FTII), Sangram Shirke (President WIFA), Abhay Sinha (Vice President IMPPA(, Bipin Kumar Singh (Additional D.G. Anti Corruption), Amrit Mohan Prasad (Joint Director CBI), Sheetal Talwar, Bimal Parekh (Financial Advisor to Aamir Khan), Pawan Singh (Bhojpuri Actor) and many other dignitaries.