CBFC should only classify films: Shabana Azmi

June 15, 2016 12:44

Veteran actress Shabana Azmi is of the view that the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) should neither censor nor certify movies, instead only classify them. Azmi's comment came in wake of the censorship controversy that surrounded Bollywood film "Udta Punjab", wherein the makers got embroiled into a tussle with the censor board over the film body's demand for multiple cuts in the movie.

"CBFC shud become a body that does not censor or even certify ONLY CLASSIFY films. That gives the audience the choice to watch a film or not," the 65-year-old "Neerja" actress tweeted.

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