Actress Bidita Bag, who features in "Babumoshai
Bandookbaaz" which has been recommended 48 cuts by the censor board tells
if everybody makes movies like the devotional drama "Jai Santoshi
Maa", there won't be any entertainment factor left.
"Film-making is a very serious business because in each
film there are about 80 to 100 people involved and they run their houses
through it. So, if we start making films like 'Jai Santoshi Maa', then there
will be no entertainment factor left in the film, and how many people will go
to watch the film," Bidita told here.
Her movie "Babumoshai Bandookbaaz", in which she
features with Nawazuddin Siddiqui, has been given an 'A' certificate by he
Central Board of Film Certification and the movie's makers have been asked to
make multiple cuts to remove lovemaking scenes and cuss words.
The actress was speaking at a joint press conference hosted
by the film's makers and members of the Indian Film and Television Directors
Association (IFTDA) on Wednesday. Director Kushan Nandy claimed the CBFC handed
him a list of things it wanted removed from his film. Bidita says the Central
Board of Film Certification (CBFC) is behaving like her grandparents.
"My grandparents always used to restrict me in terms of
my food, clothing and watching preferences, so I feel censor board is acting in
the same manner. Today, in our country, 70 per cent of our population is adult,
but still they are told what to watch and what they shouldn't," she said.
"Today, the internet market has grown so big and we
have no control over content of internet... If you see films of the 1980s and
1990s, there were many rape scenes in it and they had no issues showing rape
scenes, but they have problem with lovemaking scenes. So, I feel censor board
shouldn't control films like grandparents. They should just certify the film
and shouldn't decide what adults should see and what they shouldn't because we
live in democratic country," she said.
Nawazuddin, who plays the title role in "Babumoshai
Bandookbaaz", said that the abusive words are justified as they add a
local flavour to the character. "Conditions like these will turn us into
mechanical actors. A character will always use the language of the region where
he belongs. It makes the character authentic. By using such means, we can add
depth to a character like adding a local flavour. If we stop making films like
these, then we will have no choice but to make the same clean films like the
olden days," Nawazuddin said.
He added, "As an actor, I would say as much as a film
is local, it will become global. If they are not going to let us make films
properly, then the outcome on the international platform will be zero."
The film's director Kushan Nandy and producer Kiran Shroff
do not wish to release the film with the cuts and have approached the Film
Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT) to get their movie approved.
No comments:
Post a Comment