A hearing was held in the Bombay High Court on Thursday (September 26) regarding the release of Kangana Ranaut's film Emergency. The court said that release will be allowed only when the makers cut the film as suggested by the Censor Board.
The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) told the court that the makers of Emergency have not yet done the cuts they were asked to do. At the same time, the makers told the court that they needed time to cut, after which the court adjourned the matter till September 30.
The trailer of the film Emergency was released on August 14.
Kangana and Zee Studios applied for the release of the film. He objected that the Censor Board had earlier given a certificate to the film, but banned it four days before its September 6 release. After this, Kangana alleged that the Censor Board was not giving a certificate to the film, due to which the release of the film was being delayed.
In the petition, Kangana and the filmmakers accused the Censor Board of arbitrarily withholding the film's certificate. The Censor Board gave the certificate through e-mail, but refused to give the copy of the certificate 4 days before the release.
On this, Censor Board lawyer Abhinav Chandrachud said that the makers of Emergency received the system generated mail, but later it was stopped due to objections.
Kangana has directed and produced the film Emergency. In this film, she played the role of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
The court reprimanded the censor board
During the hearing held on September 4, the High Court Judge reprimanded the officials associated with the Censor Board. Questioned him, how can you send a system generated e-mail. Did the officials not watch the film before sending the mail?
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