No TV Telecast For Raveena Tandon's Shab On Homosexuality
Fury rules Bhavna Talwar's husband Sheetal Talwar who produced Mausam; Bhavna produced Shab recently. Shab has been denied permission to be screened on TV. Sheetal presents his argument
Filmmakers
Sheetal Talwar and Onir are livid.
Shab (which
released ago), produced by Bhavna Talwar (Sheetal's wife) and Onir, has
been denied a ticket to television. The Censor Board has refused to give a U/A
certificate to them, citing that their film glorifies homosexuality and
extra-marital affairs.
Sheetal, for one,
feels that if My Brother Nikhil and Moonlight can be shown on TV, why not their
Shab? "Did My Brother Nikhil and Moonlight not dwell on
homosexuality? Those films were given adequate number of cuts and then allowed
on TV. Why couldn't we be weighed on the same scale?"
Raveena Tandon In Shab
Added Talwar,
"Rejecting our film outright is ridiculous. If Pahlaj Nihalani (ex CBFC
CEO, who was asked to leave on August 11) had rejected the film, the whole world would have risen against him.
Wasn't that man just doing his job?"
What about the
oral submissions that the Board asked him to present, we asked? "What oral
submissions?" Talwar shot back, "I was told nothing clearly about the
oral submissions. Pray, what does 'oral submission' mean? This Censor Board
is arbitrary and adhoc, which I think was not true untilrecently, when Nihalani only cited the letter
of the law."
Raveena Tandon And
Ashish Bisht In Musafir
Wasn't Pahlaj too
following the Cinematograph Act, 1952, which in fact he shouted from the
rooftops every now and then (The Censor Board has clearly written to Talwar
that Shab has been seen as per the 1952 Act) "Yes, but Nihalani used
to tell us the clauses under the 1952 Act which would deem our film as unfit
for viewing. And I don't think that he ever debarred a film from going on
TV."
We reproduce the
letter written by the Censor Board to the makers of Shab, informing them that
their film has been rejected for TV:
To.
MR. ANIRBAN DHAR
D-107, KARAN
APARTMENTS
OFF YAARI ROAD
VERSOVA, ANHDERI
WEST
MUMBAI (SUBURBAN)
* 400061
MAHARASHTRA
Sir/s,
With reference to your application to the Central Board of Film
Certification dated 29/07/2017 for a certificate under the
Cinematograph Act, 1952 to exhibit the film
entitled ""SHAB"" (HINDI) . I am directed by
the Board to inform you that the film has been viewed by the Examining
Committee and the Board has come to the conclusion that a certificate
cannot be issued for its exhibition for the reasons stated on the reverse..
The above
decision has been taken after
X a. Considering
the submissions made by you / your representative before the Committee during
the personal hearing, the opportunity for which was given to you.
? b.
Offering you an opportunity for making oral submissions, which you did not
avail of
In case you are
aggrieved by the decision of the Board based on the recommendation of
the Examining Committee you may, if you so desire, prefer an appeal
to the Revising Committee/FCAT. The appeal to the Revising Committee be
made within 14 days and
to the FCAT within 30 days.
If no reply is received from you within the said period the Board will proceed
to take action as indicated above.
The receipt of
this communication may kindly be acknowledged.
Yours faithfully,
Raju Vaidya
Regional Officer
Reasons for
"Certificate Refused" to the film.:
The central idea
of the film revolves around complex & dark characters,which are sexually
explioted (NOTE THE SPELLING ERROR BY VAIDYA) offering money,the film also
glorifies homosexuality & extra marital relationships, the committee was of
the opinion, not suitable for granting UA.
Raju Vaidya
Regional Officer
Let's see if
Talwars and Onir knock the Revising Committee/FCAT.
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