Censor Board may soon lose power to make cuts

April 27, 2016 10:34

Restricting the scope of the Censor Board to "categorising" films according to the audience's age and maturity, the Shyam Benegal panel has recommended that certification should be specific with new categories like adult with caution, UA12 and UA15.

The panel submitted its report to I&B minister Arun Jaitley. If adopted, this could change the film certification process and do away with the `censor board' nomenclature. This comes in the wake of Central Board of Film Certification chief Pahlaj Nihalani's controversial decisions. "We are recommending that CBFC should not be using scissors on any film," Benegal said.

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