The promos of FIRED, a horror film have run into trouble with the Censor board, and have been deemed inappropriate to be aired on Indian Television. Reason: there was too much blood and gore as well as nudity in a sex scene between Rahul and British model Militza Radmilovic.
According to Cable television Network (Regulation) Act, TV promos with ‘A’ certificate cannot be aired on any Indian Channel. The producers were asked to remove nudity and tone down the violent scenes. Even after that they were informed by sources that the promos still deserved “A”! This has now upset the film-makers.
Bose feels the Censor board has forgotten to take things in the right context. “I feel we have a misplaced sense of censorship. What I feel is gory or vulgar, somebody else might not. Even for the sex scene, I feel people are more mature now and so self-censorship should be the key.” Read more…
