Since
the
day
CBFC
has
told
'Udta
Punjab'
team
to
remove
'Punjab'
from
its
title,
Twitter
is
innundated
with
hatred
tweets
towards
Pahlaj
Nihalani.
Now,
the
CBFC
chief
Mr
Nihalani
speaks
to
Subhash
K
Jha,
exclusively
for
HT
and
gives
his
side
of
opinion
on
the
whole
fiasco!
Here's
what
he
told
about
Anurag
Kashyap:
"I
haven't
met
him
(Anurag
Kashyap,
the
film's
co-producer))
even
once
about
Udta
Punjab.
We've
never
spoken
on
this
matter.
In
the
past
when
a
film
produced
by
him
-NH
10-
was
in
censor
trouble,
I
did
my
best
to
help
him
follow
the
censor
guidelines."
"When
there
was
objection
to
his
title
Bombay
Velvet,
we
at
the
CBFC
passed
the
title
to
ensure
Mr
Kashyap's
creative
urges
do
not
get
suppressed.
Now
when
he
is
not
getting
his
way
with
the
CBFC,
I'm
the
biggest
villain
in
the
creative
world.
So
be
it."
"Mr
Kashyap
is
like
a
child
being
denied
a
toy.
He
loves
to
make
a
noise
every
time
a
film
directed
or
produced
by
him
is
released.
And
since
he
makes
a
lot
of
movies,
he
also
makes
a
lot
of
noise.
I
believe
he
has
called
me
an
extremely
egotistical
man.
A
lot
of
people
feel
the
same
about
him.
"
HT
also
mentioned
in
the
interview
that
Kashyap
feels
that
he(Nihalani)
runs
the
CBFC
like
his
personal
fiefdom.
Here's
how
Mr
Nihalani
reacted:
"Says
who?
Ashoke
Pandit
(censor
board
member
opposing
the
cuts))?
The
man
who
Kashyap
hails
as
a
sensible
voice
in
the
CBFC
just
because
Pandit
is
opposing
the
CBFC's
decision
to
not
allow
Punjab
to
be
vilified
in
Udta
Punjab."
"It's
like
that
filmmaker
who
thinks
the
only
critic
who
understands
his
film
is
the
one
who
praises
the
film."