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Censor: Double Edged Politics


By Dr Ved Pratap Vaidik



The resignations of the Chairman of Film Censor Board and the majority of its members have made it a big issue but the question remains why the resignations were handed over ? If these are extended just because the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal has passed the film, ‘Messenger of God’ then these resignations have no justification; because the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal has been set up as a superior body which can reconsider the decisions of the Censor Board. The Chairman and the resigning board members must answer this first that whether they consider the Appellate board above them or not? If not, then they should have resigned earlier or they should not have accepted these posts. They could have asked, who is the Boss of the Boss? Once they have accepted the Appellate Board then resigning on its decision does not appear as logical to me.




Yes, film ‘Messenger of God’ might have been objectionable in the eyes of the Censor Board. And this objection might be correct as well but there is no point in submitting resignation over that. How this film is like, I can answer this query only when I see it myself. But the hero of this film is booked under many charges of rape, adultery and murder, with this we can make out what kind of film this must be and why it has been made. The appetite Board which has cleared it also has found it to be problematic. So some objectionable scenes are being removed from the film. It is announced in the beginning and the end of the film that the spectators might not be under the illusion that ‘it was a Sacha Sauda’ (A true story). A wave of superstition and blind faith is blowing in our country. The politicians of our country are unable to check this wave since they are beggars of votes. They are not leaders, but casual servants of the people. If they get a chance to butter their broad from some film, drama or some Baba or a Bobby, then they tend to do shower favors. The way BJP leaders had been kneeling before the Baba of this film, it proves that the decision of the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal is sheer political. Hence the resignations of the Censor Board officials too are political. Otherwise also, the tenure of Censor Board members was getting over. They have not been able to give evidence of any political interference. But this government must constitute such a Censor Board which has such autonomous members that even the PM should shudder before giving them any direction.





(The author is a well-known Scholar, Political Analyst, Orator and a Columnist on national and international affairs. Dr. Vaidik worked with Press Trust of India for a decade as the Founder-Editor of its Hindi News Agency “BHASHA”, Chairman,Council For Indian Foreign Policy.Feedback :[email protected])



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