Films
have
always
been
subject
to
censorship
not
just
by
the
governing
bodies
but
also
the
public
audience.
The
latest
is
that
the
Lucknow
bench
of
the
Allahabad
High
Court
has
issued
notices
to
four
filmmakers
and
also
to
the
chairman
and
secretary
of
Film
Censor
Board
after
it
received
a
petition
that
alleged
use
of
unparliamentary
language
in
films
like
Bandit
Queen,
Gangajal,
Omkara
and
Peepli
Live.
The
said
notices
were
issued
by
a
bench
comprising
of
Justice
Umanath
Singh
and
Justice
Virendra
Kumar
Dixit
after
processing
a
petition
filed
by
a
local
lawyer
Ashok
Pandey,
who
sought
cancellation
of
censor
certificates
to
these
films.
It
is
learnt
that
Pandey
has
also
pleaded
with
the
Court
to
direct
the
Union
Government
to
displace
all
the
members
of
the
Censor
Board
including
the
chairman
for
allegedly
violating
the
Cinematography
Act.
The
Chairman
of
Censor
Board
Sharmila
Tagore,
producers
of
Peepli
Live
Aamir
Khan
and
Kiran
Rao,
director
Anusha
Rizvi,
producer-director
of
Gangajal
Prakash
Jha,
producer
of
Omkara
Kumar
Mangat
and
director
Vishal
Bhardwaj
and
director
of
Bandit
Queen
Shekhar
Kapoor,
have
all
been
issued
the
above
notices
for
their
films.
Further
the
Court
has
fixed
October
27
as
the
next
date
of
hearing.
Story first published: Thursday, October 14, 2010, 15:34 [IST]