Did Babumoshai Bandookbaaz Seal  Nihalani’s Fate At The CBFC?

Filmmaker Kushan Nandy whose Babumoshai Bandookbaaz was lately trapped  in  a censorial crisis admits that his team could have a  hand in Nihalani’s departure as  the chairperson of the  CBFC.

“We had  complained formally to the  I &B ministry about the high-handed behaviour of  the CBFC during our screening. One  of the board members had even misbehaved with with my producer KiranShroff and the CBFC had  not taken any step against the offending board member.All this must have not gone down well with the I & B ministry,” says  Kushan,

Kushan however refuses to put the blame  for his film’s censorial woes on Pahlaj Nihalani’s shoulders. “I don’t think Mr Nihalani was the problem. It is the outdated guidelines followed by the CBFC that are to blame . Until those change nothing  can happen. ShyamBenegal’s committee submitted the proposals for a reform in the  CBFC guidelines.Why haven’t  those proposals been implemented as yet?”

Interestingly  Kushan’s film has still not been cleared.

“We submitted it to the Tribunal. They haven’t taken a call as yet. I expect my film to be cleared any day now,” says Kushan.

Most  of the cuts are expected to restored by the Tribunal.