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INDIA’s film industry is agitated over proposed amendments to the film censorship laws. As usual many prefer to propound their views and see it as a means of self-advertising. But actor and film director Kamal Haasan is a rare exception. He entered politics and stood for election to parliament; sadly, he failed. He belongs to the vibrant film industry in Tamil Nadu which produced film stars who went on to become chief ministers of the state, including M.G. Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa.
Kamal Haasan’s article in The Hindu concerns proposed amendments to the film censorship law. Last April the government decided it would abolish the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal Act. Was it aware that it stood in serious breach of an assurance it gave to the the Indian supreme court several years ago? It remains a quasi-judicial affair at the apex of the film censorship system.
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CHENNAI: Days after Kamal Haasan condemned the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting’s proposed Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, the new amendments to The Cinematograph Act, 1954, many other Tamil film personalities have come out against the bill calling it a “blow to freedom of expression.”
The implementation of the act with new amendments will empower the union government to recertify or re-censor films that have already been certified by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).