Central Board of Movie Certification (CBFC) chairperson Prasoon Joshi has responded to the rising controversy surrounding the teaser of Yash’s upcoming movie Poisonous: A Fairy Story for Grown Ups. Talking solely to India Immediately, Joshi stated the board wouldn’t provide any readability at this stage.
India Immediately requested Joshi concerning the Poisonous teaser garnering negativity and objections. He stated, “I don’t suppose I might give any remark proper now.”
He added, “I don’t suppose except the issues are utilized to the certification board. Generally, I additionally need to make clear that plenty of belongings you see on YouTube and different digital platforms, at occasions they don’t seem to be licensed. So individuals suppose that all the pieces they’re seeing is licensed.”
“Digital media, plenty of belongings you see, haven’t gone via the method of certification. So generally it’s very unfair what individuals see on OTT, YouTube and different digital platforms, assume that this has been licensed by the CBFC. And the reality is, it has not,” Joshi stated.
“And no one on the market would see, it’s a job, it’s a troublesome job for individuals there. They (the CBFC board members) try to steadiness what the filmmaker is saying and what society expects. So there’s a steadiness, and that’s the position of this physique,” he concluded.
Joshi additionally refused to be drawn into the continuing controversy surrounding Vijay’s Jana Nayagan, which has landed in authorized bother. When requested concerning the movie, he stated solely that the matter was sub judice and declined to elaborate additional.
Earlier, the ladies’s wing of the Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP) in Karnataka has raised issues over the teaser of the upcoming movie Poisonous: A Fairytale for Grown Ups starring Yash, objecting to what it described as obscene scenes within the teaser glimpse and urging state authorities to intervene. Social activist Dinesh Kallahalli has additionally lodged a criticism with the CBFC over the grownup content material within the glimpse. The controversy surfaced after the teaser, which options Yash participating in a sexual encounter with a girl, was launched on January 8.
The criticism was submitted to the Karnataka State Fee for Ladies (KSWC), searching for speedy motion concerning the content material’s suitability for public viewing.
In response, the KSWC wrote to the censor board, requesting that the board study the criticism and take “applicable motion.”
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