Former Censor Board Chief Pahlaj Nihalani has hit out at the Centre for continuous interference in the release of movies like
Udta Punjab,
Bajrangi Bhaijaan and
Indu Sarkar.
Nihalani said in an interview to
Lehren Television that in all cases he was under tremendous pressure from the government, and had to take the flak when actually he was just following directions, a report in
The Citizen said.
The Union home ministry, he said, wrote to him to stop the release of
Bajrangi Bhaijaan during Eid citing law and order as the reason.
He also said that as he was from the film industry, he did not buy into the arguments of 'love jihad and all that'.
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