MUMBAI MIRROR (June 13, 2016)
Certification of films “sans scissors“ has been recommended to the Information & Broadcasting Ministry in a report submitted by the Shyam Benegal-led Censor Board Revamp Committee, in formed filmmaker Goutam Ghose who is a member of the board. “MIB Minister, Arun Jaitley has also come forward on this. I can't say everything officially because I am a part of the committee but in the future, certification of movies without scissors has been recommended to the ministry. This is a very big step forward... without scissors,“ Ghose asserted.
Other members of the committee included film actor Kamal Haasan, filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, ad-man Piyush Pandey, film critic Bhawana Somaaya and NFDC Managing Director Nina Lath Gupta. The Benegal panel, in its report submitted on April 26, urged the government to lay down a “holistic framework for certification of films.“ And Jaitley on Thursday had said the ministry will soon announce some radical changes in the existing system of film certification.
Other members of the committee included film actor Kamal Haasan, filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, ad-man Piyush Pandey, film critic Bhawana Somaaya and NFDC Managing Director Nina Lath Gupta. The Benegal panel, in its report submitted on April 26, urged the government to lay down a “holistic framework for certification of films.“ And Jaitley on Thursday had said the ministry will soon announce some radical changes in the existing system of film certification.