Censor board to set up centres in Assam, Orissa and Delhi
Shillong (PTI): Close on the heels of "Aaja Nachle" controversy, Censor Board authorities have decided to set up more regional centres to address local differences and diversity in the country.
Regional offices of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) will soon come up in Guwahati, Cuttack and New Delhi.
"Films are now widely watched and a lot of controversies tend to crop up due to regional differences in the country. The regional centres will take care to solve the differences before public screening," CBFC chairperson Sharmila Tagore said.
"Guwahati was selected over other places in the northeast for better road and air connectivity with other parts of India," Tagore said at the end of the board meeting here, held for the first time in a town in the northeast.
She also said Cinematography Act, 1952 be amended to meet the preferences of viewers.
Censor Board's decision to set up more regional centres comes barely two weeks after Madhuri Dixit starrer "Aaja Nachle" was banned by many states for objectionable lyrics in the title song, which producer and distributors later omitted.
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