TOI: Ekta kapoor accused of dirty play

Ekta Kapoor accused of dirty play
May 14, 2012, 08.32AM IST Mumbai
Mirror [ Amrapali Sharma ]
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Censor Board Chairperson Leela
Samson says The Dirty Picture lobby is
putting pressure on the council; a
defiant Balaji baroness digs in her
heels
Stopping the telecast of Ekta
Kapoor's The Dirty Picture hours
before its scheduled time 12 pm on
Sunday, April 22, had created an
uproar in the Hindi cinema industry.
The Central Board of Film
Certification has had to fend off a lot
of brickbats ever since. And thus, to
clarify their stance and to discuss
issues such as U/A certification,
depicting smoking on screen, sexual
content, the CBFC chief Leela Samson
had flown down to Mumbai on
Saturday for a conference. Along
with CBFC CEO, Pankaja Thakur,
Samson tried to thrash out all issues,
but not without making some strong
comments on the industry and its
'connections'.
While Pankaja Thakur chose to remain
diplomatic and simply said that they
would be talking to the I&B ministry
on The Dirty Picture issue, Samson
said, "The lobby on The Dirty Picture is
very strong. If the industry wants a
new cinematograph act, then why
does that same industry not come
forward to ask for the
implementation of the new act?"
Needless to say, the messages put
forth on social networking sites and
vocal opposition to the decision to pull
off the television premiere of the
Ekta Kapoor film, has not gone down
too well with the Censor board.
On April 22, when the film was pulled
off, the CEO of Balaji Motion Pictures,
Tanuj Garg had stated, "It's
unfortunate that even after a valid
censor certificate being in place, the
telecast was held! We have not seen
this happen to any other film and
cannot fathom the victimisation."
When contacted yesterday, Garg still
stood up for the film. He told us,
"There is no lobby. That's support. The
film industry has extended its whole
hearted support to The Dirty Picture.
The industry agrees that it was
unfair and unfortunate for one film
to have become the guinea pig despite
the paper work being in place."
"The issue has now assumed pan-
industry proportions as it could
happen to any other film in the
future. There's justifiable concern
and anxiety in everybody's mind and
we all are hoping for a satisfactory
resolution soon," added Garg.
While the former chairperson of the
CBFC, Anupam Kher denied the
existence of any 'lobby' in the film
industry, when contacted, Ekta
Kapoor did not try to hide the power
she has in the film industry today.
Ekta told Mirror, "Yes, we have a lobby
in the industry. Rameshji (Sippy) and
Maheshji (Bhatt) had gone to meet the
ministry. Fortunately, we have an
extremely supportive and
understanding I&B ministry. We are
expecting this issue to be resolved
soon."
On the other hand, what Samson
terms as 'lobby', Mahesh Bhatt calls
'unity'. He said, "We are fighting for
the principles on which the industry
has been functioning so far
regarding the telecast of films with
an U/A certificate. The Dirty Picture
is caught in this tussle. Ekta Kapoor,
Jeetendra and Balaji are part of the
film fraternity and we cannot
abandon them. It is our duty to stand
up for the fundamental right. We may
be in their shoes tomorrow."

LOL TDP might make it on television but what abt delhi belly ?

@Nitu: lol.. Yep! Getting DB on tv is a nt a easy task since it hs heavy dose of vulgar content to edit & sme rapchick dialogue with these things it won't be broadcasted...

one qu estion.

why is smking so importnat in a movie ..?

to show the hero is cool or rebellious?!

Originally posted by: ithasme

On the other hand, what Samson
terms as 'lobby', Mahesh Bhatt calls
'unity'. He said, "We are fighting for
the principles on which the industry
has been functioning so far
regarding the telecast of films with
an U/A certificate. The Dirty Picture
is caught in this tussle. Ekta Kapoor,
Jeetendra and Balaji are part of the
film fraternity and we cannot
abandon them. It is our duty to stand
up for the fundamental right. We may
be in their shoes tomorrow."