Exactly a week away from its release, the '
Udta Punjab
'
controversy
intensifies in
Bombay High Court
. Yesterday, the makers of the film had moved HC challenging CBFC's (Central Board of Film Certification ) demand of
89 cuts
in the film post which, the HC had questioned
CBFC
to explain and justify the cuts. The court even counter-questioned the
Censor Board
that if films like 'Go Goa Gone' with the word 'Goa' in it could release, why are they objecting to the use of the word 'Punjab' in 'Udta Punjab' .
The hearing is currently on in the Bombay High Court and the CBFC counsels, in their defence, have said that the application was not submitted in the right format, and hence the delay. Further defending and justifying their demand of 89 cuts, the counsels said that there is abusive language throughout the film. While the hearing is still on, let's wait and watch whether the High Court rules in favour of the film or it would have to abide by the demands of the Censor Board.
READ ALSO: Amarinder Singh to release uncensored copy of 'Udta Punjab' The Bombay High Court on Thursday questioned the Central Board of Film Certification about the reason for seeking deletion of words like `Punjab', `MLA', `election' from the movie `Udta Punjab'. Hearing a petition filed by filmmakerAnurag Kashyap 's Phantom Films challenging the cuts ordered by the censor board, a division bench of Justice Satyaranjan Dharmadhikari and Justice Shalini Phansalkar Joshi said there existed a fine line between creative freedom and the rules.
"How can a signboard mentioning Punjab be against the sovereignty of the country?" asked the judges during the hearing that stretched for around three hours. "Are you saying this movie only depicts Punjab as drug capital? Has drug menace never been portrayed in films before this?
Some may be crude, some may be artistic," the judges said, while pointing out that there have been movies which have shown Goa as the land of wine and women. The court also mentioned a documentary which showed the town of Moga as afflicted with cancer."How does it insult anyone? Isn't it to depict a menace that is affecting the society?", the court queried.
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