With Some Cuts in it…
On Thursday afternoon, 26 September 2024, The Bombay High Court said that actor and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut's new film, 'Emergency', can be released as long as "some cuts".
It will be recommended by the Censor Board of Film Certification's revision committee.
The movie was planned to be released on September 6 but ran into trouble after complaints of historical inaccuracies and misrepresenting the Sikh community.
The movie is based on the Emergency imposed in the year 1975 by then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Government sources have said, "There is some sensitive content".
The High Court was hearing a petition by the movie's co-producers, Zee Entertainment Enterprises, seeking the release of the censor certificate so it could hit the screens.
Last week the court directed the CBFC to take a final call, accepting the film ratings body's reservations but noting that "it is not for CBFC to decide whether this affects public order".
Justice BP Colabwalla, one of two judges in the division bench hearing this case, pointed out Ms. Ranaut's production is not a documentary, and asked, "Do you think the public is so naive they will believe everything in a movie… What about creative freedom…"
The court also said the CBFC "can't sit on the fence". "Take a decision. Let's see what the revising committee says, be it deciding to release or not, take a decision. Have the courage to say that the film should not be released. We will appreciate the stand of the CBFC," it said.
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