HC tells CBFC to let film on Gujarat riots be screened

The Bombay High Court has directed Doordarshan to telecast national award winning documentary Father, Son and Holy War within 12 weeks and a...

The Bombay High Court has directed Doordarshan to telecast national award winning documentary Father, Son and Holy War within 12 weeks and asked the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to grant licence to the film Akrosh, on the Gujarat riots.

The order was delivered by Justice Ajit Shah and Justice Dhananjay Chandrachud yesterday on a petition challenging the decision of the CBFC to disallow the screening of film Akrosh and Doordarshan’s refusal to telecast documentary Father, Son and Holy War

The CBFC had refused to grant licence to Akrosh, on the ground that it was biased and projected a particular community. However, the director of the film, Ramesh Pimple, argued that during the riots only a particular community was targeted and the film had focussed on this aspect. He denied that the film was biased and said it merely depicts what happened in Gujarat and the communal violence in the state.

The petition urged the court to direct the CBFC to grant licence to the film and allow it to be screened.

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