Prasoon Joshi: Is Prasoon pressurizing to change the name of 'Rang De Basanti'? read what the producers' association says
Lyricist and Central Board of Film Certification (Censor Board) Chairman prasoon joshi has been accused that on his request, instructions have been given to change the name of the Bhojpuri film, which was named after the hit songs written by him, the film 'Rang De Basanti'. Is. Film producers' organization indian Motion Pictures Producers Association (IMPA) has also written a letter to him in this regard. The filmmakers have been making rounds of the Censor Board's mumbai office for the last two weeks, but everyone says that 'the file is with Chairman Sir.'
The release of the Bhojpuri film 'Rang De Basanti' is proposed on holi on 22 March. application for the censor certificate of the film was made on 5 february and the examination committee of the Censor Board also gave its report after watching the film on 19 February. However, the film has not received the censor certificate yet. producer Roshan Singh says that the censor board is pressurizing him to change the name of his film. Censor Board Chief Executive Officer Smita Vats Sharma did not respond even after being contacted in this regard.
The film's producer Roshan Singh said, 'A call came from the censor's office and the title of the film was asked to be changed. It was advised that since a film with this title has already been made in hindi, the title of this film should be changed. It is worth noting here that till now more than 100 Bhojpuri films have been produced under the titles of hindi films. Recently, the Bhojpuri film 'Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham' was also given a censor certificate.
Roshan Singh, the producer of Bhojpuri actor Khesari Lal Yadav's film 'Rang De Basanti', also says that if before this the Censor Board had never raised any objection on a Bhojpuri film based on the title of a hindi film, then why should there be any objection on the title of his film. Used to be. He also reveals that he was informed about some cuts required to get the film a UA certificate. After completing this work, when he contacted the Censor Board's mumbai office for the censor certificate, he was told that 'the file is with Chairman Sir.'
There are different organizations of producers of hindi, Marathi, Bhojpuri, and Gujarati films operating from Mumbai. The names of films are registered with these institutions and these institutions hold meetings among themselves to decide whether a film of the same name has already been made in any one language. Film producers' organization indian Motion Pictures Producers Association has also written a letter to Censor Board Chairman prasoon joshi in this regard. It is written in the letter that if the film is not released on the scheduled date, the film producer will have to suffer huge losses.
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