'Offending' parts of 'Udaipur Files' taken down: CBFC to HC
New Delhi, July 10 -- The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) on Wednesday told the Delhi high court that certain offending portions of the movie "Udaipur Files", relating to the 2022 brutal murder of a tailor Kanhaiya Lal, had been taken down.
The CBFC represented by additional solicitor general Chetan Sharma submitted before a bench of chief justice DK Upadhyay and justice Anish Dayal that the board before granting certification to the movie, slated to be released on Friday, had proposed certain cuts, which have been affected.
"We've addressed all the issues as has been raised in the petition. These are the offending portions, references and dialogues, they have all been taken down by the central board. Anything which could have been offensive has been taken down," Sharma submitted.
The movie's producer submitted that the cuts, as suggested by CBFC, had been implemented.
Taking note of the submission, the court suggested the petitioner, Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind president Maulana Arshad Madani, to see the edited movie and directed the producer to arrange a special screening on Wednesday. This was after Madani's lawyer Kapil Sibal urged the court to view the edited version of the movie, saying that even if the board had taken down the alleged offending portions, there was still a problem, since its theme was to fuel violence and intended to target a "particular community".
"Before we make a decision (to go for screening or not), we're requesting you to go through those cuts and come before us tomorrow. The film needs to be viewed by you," the court said to Madani's counsel Kapil Sibal.
Accordingly, the court, while listing the plea seeking to stall its release and quash the CBFC certificate for Thursday, in its order said, "In these circumstances we require the producer to arrange the screening of the film at the convenient time".
Even as the high court issued the direction, the Supreme Court refused to urgently hear a plea....
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