Central Board of Film Certification

The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) is a statutory film-certification body in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India. It is tasked with "regulating the public exhibition of films under the provisions of the Cinematograph Act 1952."

Quotes

• Film releases are regulated by CBFC and any film that complies with this statutory requirement should face no further hurdles in having the paying public decide on its fate. Of course, the audience can choose to watch or ignore any film but that is a choice that should be theirs to make, not one that is imposed on them by any party other than CBFC. We call upon all the relevant authorities to urgently address this all-too-frequent phenomenon of films being denied their right to unfettered, nation-wide exhibition despite having duly complied with regulatory requirements.
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• I have made 60 films in the last 40 years, but the Censor Board has never troubled me like this. If my film is not allowed to be released with the words 'Jai Shri Ram' then I will go to the High Court against it.
  • KC Bokadia, 'Will die but will not...', KC Bokadia responds to Censor's order to remove 'Jai Shri Ram' from Hindi film

• Among these cuts, the biggest objection I have is regarding the point in which it has been said that ‘Jai Shri Ram’ should be removed from the film... I will die but will not remove the words 'Jai Shri Ram' from my film.
  • KC Bokadia, 'Will die but will not...', KC Bokadia responds to Censor's order to remove 'Jai Shri Ram' from Hindi film

• Ashok Pandit, who is seemingly upset with the CBFC decision told the publication, "We're going to rip off the censor board tomorrow. Who are these people sitting there? It's a very serious matter. All the authorities of the censor board are answerable to the trailer of a National Award-winning film. The film also won an award at the Indian Panorama section at IFFI. How can you reject the censor certificate for that film? There's something wrong with the censor board and Prasoon Joshi is answerable. There are some black sheep in the censor board.”
  • Ashok Pandit, quoted in [1]