Mumbai: The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has been instructed by the Bombay High Court to certify the upcoming film ‘Ajiya: The Untold Story of a Yogi’, and has been approved for its dramatic release without any cut or amendment.
The court came to order on Monday after the CBFC repeatedly hearing the case on non-propagation. The bench decided to watch the film over the weekend and noted on Monday that there was no issue, due to which the film should be denied the certificate by CBFC.
However, senior advocate Ram Apte, who appeared for CBFC, argued that the film has vulgarity and may be defamation of CM Adityanath. When the bench asked him if he had seen the film, he replied in negative.
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The court further suggested that CBFC may require an additional disconnection, stating that the film is a creative work and is based on fictional characters. The petitioners provided a copy of a revised discontent to the bench, which was accepted by the court and directed to be associated with the film.
The bench said, “We have seen the film in terms of this, and we do not see that anything needs to be edited again. We have stopped at every point that you have marked. We have noted everything. We do not find anything objectionable”.
Petitioner Emperor Cinematics India Pvt. Limited, advocates were represented by Ravi Kadam, Santya Anand and Nikhil Aradh that after the direction of the court, CBFC asked for 29 cuts and its amendment committee brought it down to 21, but the filmmakers did not agree to them and thus contacted in court.
बेंच ने देखा कि फिल्म एक पुस्तक, ‘द मॉन्क हू बने हू हू हू हू हू हू हू हू हू हू हू हेट’ पर आधारित है और इप्टे से पूछा कि क्या उन्होंने उस पुस्तक को पढ़ा है जिससे उन्होंने इनकार किया था।
The petitioners trusted a Bombay High Court case, which clearly stated that a film cannot be denied authentication on the basis that it is based on a person or some real events.
All the reasons given by CBFC to deny authentication have been killed and the film has been directed to be released in theaters, accordingly, the court directed the CBFC to give certification to the film.
