Post certifying Padmavati, Mewar Royal slams CBFC for not taking his c

A Mewar royal on Saturday penned a letter
to Prasoon Joshi, Chairman of the Central
Board of Film Certification (CBFC), slamming
him for certifying Sanjay Leela Bhansalis
controversial film "Padmavati" without his
consent.
Maharajkumar Vishvaraj Singh, son of
Mahendra Singh Mewar -- the 76th
Maharana of the Mewar dynasty and a
former Lok Sabha member -- has written the
letter, a copy of which is with IANS.
Vishvaraj Singh said he was invited by Joshi
to be part of an examining committee
meeting to assist the CBFC in the process of
certification on December 28 to which he
requested some clarifications.
The decision was taken in the meeting in
the presence of Joshi. The special panel
consisted of Arvind Singh from Udaipur, Dr
Chandramani Singh and Professor K.K. Singh
of Jaipur University.
However, due to communication problems,
Vishvaraj Singh was not able to attend the
meeting and got to know on Saturday that
CBFC has suggested to give a U/A certificate
"along with some modifications" to
"Padmavati" and has asked the makers to
"likely" change the movie's title to
"Padmavat".
"It is very clear that the movie is about my
family. Cosmetic changes like the proposed
change in name will not change the fact that
the movie refers to real places, my ancestors
and other persons in history with their
names continuing to remain the same,"
Vishvaraj Singh said.
Through such changes, CBFC has "reduced
itself to endorsing the propagation of fiction
about heroic personalities and living
families", he said.
"Your stating one thing and doing another
renders the CBFC to be just as ignoble as
those distorting and seeking to profit from
the history of this country and my family," he
added.
Vishvaraj Singh also mentioned that he
earlier wrote a letter on December 22
stating that "...the fact remains that my
questions are relevant for every member of
the proposed committee and without
resolving the same, the committee's findings
shall remain a mirage".
CREDITS: IANS.

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