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Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmavati (starring
Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor and
Ranveer Singh) and Ali Abbas Zafar's Tiger
Zinda Hai (starring Salman Khan and Katrina
Kaif) will be releasing this year. But going by
the backlog of films sent for censor
certification to the Central Board Of Film
Certification (CBFC), the release of these films
in the current scenario looks doubtful.
Another film waiting in queue to be
censored is Kapil Sharma's Firangi which
releases next week. Buzz is some of the
international promotional events for
Padmavati with its three stars, have already
been cancelled.
Says a trade source, " Apparently, the CBFC
has used Rule 41 of the Cinematograph Act,
1952 which states that the total time limit of
getting a film censored requires 68 days.
There is a process involved which begins
from the scrutiny of applications, formation
of examining committee, forwarding the EC
report to Chairman, communication of the
order to the applicant, surrender of cuts by
the producer, examination of cuts to the
issue of certificate. The producers who have
applied for the censor certificates of their
films have to go through this process now.
If you go by that rule, it will surely mean the
delay in the release dates of films like
Firangi, Padmavati and Tiger Zinda Hai and
none of them will get a censor certificate till
January, 2018. Recently, when Padmavati's
application for a censor certificate had come
up for review, it was sent back as the
paperwork was incomplete. Firangi has
recently applied for a censor certificate
while Tiger Zinda Hai is yet to apply. But
everyone is choosing to keep a tight-lipped
silence as nobody knows what's going on.
The source adds that there are around 250
films (approx) which have to be censored in
the next two months, out of which 15-20
films have already been cleared. "Apart from
films, television serials, ads, home videos,
trailers, music videos, Hollywood films are
also censored. It looks like a very challenging
task ahead to censor so many things. It's a
first time that anybody has heard of a
situation where a film has been postponed
because of a delay in the censor certificate
as the producers have apparently been told
that there's a backlog of films waiting to be
censored. The Rule 41 of the Cinematograph
Act, 1952, has always been there but it's
never been implemented as it's impractical.
No one can show a film 68 days in advance.
There has always been a backlog of films
including when Pahlaj Nihalani was the
Chairperson but he always accommodated
everyone as he understood the gravity of
the situation and would censor films
according to their release dates. If some
films don't release in November and
December, what movies will the single
screens and multiplexes run is the next big
question? Won't it also lead to a huge loss in
revenues in theatricals? Secondly, this could
result in a clash with other big releases in
January and February (including Padman,
Pari, Hichki etc) which have already
announced their release dates in 2018 -
again resulting in huge losses for all
producers and distributors.
To dispel rumours of Padmavati being
postponed, Ajit Andhare (COO, Viacom 18
Motion Pictures, producer of the film) had
posted on Twitter on Friday, "Rumours of
postponement of Padmavati are baseless.
Despite our efforts to reach him,
Chairperson of the CBFC, Prasoon Joshi,
remained unavailable for comment.
A spokesperson from Kapil Sharma's K9
Films says, "The film has been submitted at
the censor office and we are expecting a
reply from them soon.
https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/exclusives/exclusive-strong-possibility-deepika-padukone-ranveer-singh-shahid-kapoors-padmavati-and-salman-khan.
Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor and
Ranveer Singh) and Ali Abbas Zafar's Tiger
Zinda Hai (starring Salman Khan and Katrina
Kaif) will be releasing this year. But going by
the backlog of films sent for censor
certification to the Central Board Of Film
Certification (CBFC), the release of these films
in the current scenario looks doubtful.
Another film waiting in queue to be
censored is Kapil Sharma's Firangi which
releases next week. Buzz is some of the
international promotional events for
Padmavati with its three stars, have already
been cancelled.
Says a trade source, " Apparently, the CBFC
has used Rule 41 of the Cinematograph Act,
1952 which states that the total time limit of
getting a film censored requires 68 days.
There is a process involved which begins
from the scrutiny of applications, formation
of examining committee, forwarding the EC
report to Chairman, communication of the
order to the applicant, surrender of cuts by
the producer, examination of cuts to the
issue of certificate. The producers who have
applied for the censor certificates of their
films have to go through this process now.
If you go by that rule, it will surely mean the
delay in the release dates of films like
Firangi, Padmavati and Tiger Zinda Hai and
none of them will get a censor certificate till
January, 2018. Recently, when Padmavati's
application for a censor certificate had come
up for review, it was sent back as the
paperwork was incomplete. Firangi has
recently applied for a censor certificate
while Tiger Zinda Hai is yet to apply. But
everyone is choosing to keep a tight-lipped
silence as nobody knows what's going on.
The source adds that there are around 250
films (approx) which have to be censored in
the next two months, out of which 15-20
films have already been cleared. "Apart from
films, television serials, ads, home videos,
trailers, music videos, Hollywood films are
also censored. It looks like a very challenging
task ahead to censor so many things. It's a
first time that anybody has heard of a
situation where a film has been postponed
because of a delay in the censor certificate
as the producers have apparently been told
that there's a backlog of films waiting to be
censored. The Rule 41 of the Cinematograph
Act, 1952, has always been there but it's
never been implemented as it's impractical.
No one can show a film 68 days in advance.
There has always been a backlog of films
including when Pahlaj Nihalani was the
Chairperson but he always accommodated
everyone as he understood the gravity of
the situation and would censor films
according to their release dates. If some
films don't release in November and
December, what movies will the single
screens and multiplexes run is the next big
question? Won't it also lead to a huge loss in
revenues in theatricals? Secondly, this could
result in a clash with other big releases in
January and February (including Padman,
Pari, Hichki etc) which have already
announced their release dates in 2018 -
again resulting in huge losses for all
producers and distributors.
To dispel rumours of Padmavati being
postponed, Ajit Andhare (COO, Viacom 18
Motion Pictures, producer of the film) had
posted on Twitter on Friday, "Rumours of
postponement of Padmavati are baseless.
Despite our efforts to reach him,
Chairperson of the CBFC, Prasoon Joshi,
remained unavailable for comment.
A spokesperson from Kapil Sharma's K9
Films says, "The film has been submitted at
the censor office and we are expecting a
reply from them soon.
https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/exclusives/exclusive-strong-possibility-deepika-padukone-ranveer-singh-shahid-kapoors-padmavati-and-salman-khan.
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