Filmmaker Pahlaj Nihalani is CBFC chief, 9 new members also appointed
Posted on: 07:45 PM IST Jan 19, 2015
New Delhi: Filmmaker Pahlaj Nihalani has been appointed as new chairperson of Central Board of film Certification (CBFC). This comes after previous CBFC chief Leela Samson resigned last week from the top post in the panel citing interference and corruption in the Information and Broadcasting Ministry.
Newly appointed Censor Board chief Nihalani said he will do his job without any controversy and he also said that there was nothing wrong in the way 'MSG - Messenger of God' was cleared by appellate Tribunal.
Nine other members of CBFC had resigned from their posts alleging interference from the government.
Nine other members of CBFC had resigned from their posts alleging interference from the government.
The other newly-appointed Censor Board members are Mihir Bhuta, Syed Abdul Bari, Ramesh Patange, George Baker, Chandra Prakashh Diwedi, Jeevitha, Vani Tripathi Tikoo, SV Shekhar and Ashok Pandit.
In a statement on her resignation, Samson had mentioned "interference, coercion and corruption of panel members and officers of the organisation appointed by the Ministry" as reasons for her resignation. She said that she has had to manage an organisation whose Board has not met for over nine months as the Ministry had 'no funds' to permit the meeting of members.
Samson resigned just hours after the movie 'MSG: The Messenger of God' was cleared by the Film Certificate Appellate Tribunal after an initial ban by the censor panel.
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