The second day of the Newz9’s two-day OTT India Fest started with an enticing session titled ‘The Big ‘C’ phrase! Censoring, or self-management! What’s the want of the hour?’. The dialogue was graced by Sanjay Gupta, Sanya Malhotra, Richa Chadha and Abhishek Banerjee and every of them made attention-grabbing factors about why censorship is required or why censorship ought to be abolished utterly.
Newz9 OTT India Fest Day 2: Sanjay Gupta reveals that Valmiki community got offended by “Har chor Valmiki nahin banta” dialogue in Shootout At Wadala: “My film was not allowed to release. We had to cut the line from the prints in Punjab and Haryana”
Sanjay Gupta was the most veteran individual on the panel and his factors raised most eyebrows. He started by saying, “Currently, all the biggest law firms in Mumbai have a separate division called the ‘Films Division’. When we submit the script to the OTT platforms, it is sent to those guys. They go through it minutely to see what is going to raise objections. CBFC (Central Board of Film Certification) comes later. Before we go on the floors, we are told ‘yeh word hata do’. And you can’t counter them as they would say that they’ll not greenlight it. Hence, this is a terrible time to be creating content.”
He then additionally cited an occasion of a film that was handed by CBFC and but, got banned in part of the nation. He revealed, “One of my films, Shootout At Wadala (2013), had a line when the cop catches John Abraham and says ‘Har chor Valmiki nahin banta’. That is a very generic line. There’s nothing wrong about it. However, I was not aware that there is a Valmiki community in the North. They took offence to it though we didn’t intend to offend them.”
Sanjay Gupta continued, “My film was not allowed to release. It was taken off. We had to cut the line out of all our prints in Punjab and Haryana. I didn’t want to do it. But I had to as I was losing business. I lost my first weekend (due to the controversy). You never know who’s going to take offence and where. The tolerance level is at an all-time low.”
The Newz9 OTT India Fest, in affiliation with Cinema Waale Film and Television Productions LLP and Across Media Solutions, held on the 18th & 19th of October 2023 at Taj Lands End, Mumbai have been offered by Sonata Poze, powered by TVS Jupiter and Kheloyar, Driven-by JK Tyre Blaze Rydr, alongside Matchmaking associate Bharat Matrimony, Stylish Audio associate Skullcandy, Banking associate Bank of Baroda, Healthcare associate Fujifilm Healthcare, True Chocolate associate Smoor, Astrology associate Astroyogi, Wellness Partner HCG hospitals, Cricketing Partner Metashot in affiliation with Festival companions Satvik, Snacking associate Special Choice, Outdoor associate Bright Outdoor Media, Radio associate Radio City, and celebration companions Johnnie Walker and Heineken Silver.
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