Veteran
Bollywood
actor
Sharmila
Tagore
has
said
the
situation
at
the
Film
and
Television
Institute
of
India
(FTII)
will
improve
now
that
actor
Anupam
Kher
has
been
appointed
its
chairperson.
"Anupam
is
a
good
actor
and
a
theatre
artiste.
I
think
the
situation
in
the
institute
will
be
better
under
him," Tagore
told
PTI.
Kher,
62,
was
appointed
FTII
chairman
on
October
11,
succeeding
Gajendra
Chauhan
who
had
a
controversial
tenure
as
the
head
of
the
Pune-based
institute.
Talking
about
the
political
nature
of
appointments
in
government
institutes
and
organisations,
the
Padma
Bhushan
recipient
said
such
appointments
were
done
every
where.
Anupam
Kher
becomes
new
Chairman
of
FTII
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"There
are
political
appointments.
If
there's
a
UPA
government,
they
would
want
people
they
trust.
If
there's
any
other
administration,
they
would
want
their
people
to
be
there.
This
happens,"
said
Tagore.
The
72-year-old
actor,
who
succeded
Kher
as
the
chairperson
of
Central
Board
of
Film
Certification
(CBFC),
also
said
being
the
Censor
chief
was
not
a
"popularity
contest".
"This
is
not
the
way
to
get
famous,"
said
Tagore
without
naming
the
previous
CBFC
chairperson,
Pahlaj
Nihalani,
who
courted
controversy
on
a
number
of
occasions.
"Sometimes,
I
think,
we
need
a
little
censorship.
Controversies
will
keep
on
happening.
Some
are
legitimate,
Some
are
not,"
she
added.
The
censor
board's
guidelines
are
also
"difficult
to
interpret",
Tagore
said,
but
added
that
most
of
it
depends
on
the
chairperson.
The
veteran
actor,
who
served
as
CBFC
chief
from
2004
to
2011,
said
there
are
established
categories
for
films
in
the
CBFC
but
they
needed
to
be
updated
keeping
in
mind
the
changing
times.
"There's
social
media
today,
where
you
have
innumerable
ways
of
information
dissemination
and
it
should
be
considered
while
updating
the
censorship
policy
at
the
CBFC,"
Tagore
said.
Recalling
the
controversies
during
her
time
as
the
censor
board
chief,
Tagore
said
she
faced
problems
in
certifying
films
such
as
Omkara,
Ghajini,
Aaja
Nachle
and
Jodhaa
Akbar.