BREAKING! 'Sanskaari' Pahlaj Nihalani Sacked As Censor Board Chief, Prasoon Joshi To Replace Him
Pahlaj Nihalani has been removed from his post of CBFC Chief. Reportedly, Prasoon Joshi will take charge as the new Chief.
News
oi-Madhuri
By Madhuri
If
reports
are
to
be
believed
then
Pahlaj
Nihalani
has
been
sacked
from
his
post
of
the
chief
of
the
Central
Board
of
Film
Certification
(CBFC).
Buzz
is
that
noted
lyricist
Prasoon
Joshi
will
now
step
into
his
shoes.
According
to
an
ET
Now
tweet,
Nihalani,
whose
tenure
as
CBFC
chief
was
marred
by
controversy,
was
removed
from
his
position
on
Friday.
In
recent
times,
Pahlaj
Nihalani
had
found
himself
embroiled
in
several
controversies
right
from
demanding
multiple
cuts
in
Madhur
Bhandarkar's
"Indu
Sarkaar" which
depicts
the
Emergency
to
his
refusal
to
certify
Alankrita
Shrivastava's
"Lipstick
Under
My
Burqa"
after
describing
it
as
'lady
oriented'.
Colleagues
of
Mr
Nihalani
often
accused
him
of
treating
the
Central
Board
of
Film
Certification
(CBFC)
like
his
personal
fiefdom,
while
film-makers
and
critics
accused
him
of
demanding
irrational
cuts
and
moral
policing.
News
is
that
Indu
Sarkar
director
Madhur
Bhandarkar,
Lipstick
Under
My
Burkha
producer
Prakash
Jha
and
Pinjar
director
Chandraprakash
Dwivedi
were
being
considered
for
the
post
of
CBFC
chairperson.