Censor Board is final authority, SC had said about Aarakshan

January 30, 2013 15:06

As Kamal Haasan battles the Tamil Nadu government's determination to sink his magnum opus Viswaroopam using the law and order argument, the talented actor and film-maker need not lose heart.

The Supreme Court's ruling in the case involving Prakash Jha's Aarakshan sets out clearly the limits to the government's interference in such matters, and that the Censor Board's decision in these matters is final.

Film-maker Rohan Sippy explains the SC ruling on his blog. 'The court said once the Central Board of Film Certification cleared the public screening of a film, no state government can raise objections on its content. Therefore the order restrains the State Governments from seeking deletion of certain portions of the film after the film is certified by Censor Board as such act amounts to "pre-censorship', which power is not vested in the state,' he writes.

'The Supreme Court's decision upholds the rights of a film-maker to express his thoughts and views through the film as his fundamental right of speech and expression guaranteed by the Constitution of India. Once the Censor Board has approved a film, the State Government's interference with exhibition of the Film on the ground of breach of law and order would amount to breach of such fundamental right,' he further states.

You can read his blog here.

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