The Central Board of Film Certification on Thursday told the Bombay High Court that the film Emergency could be released after incorporating the cuts that its revising committee suggested, Bar and Bench reported.
Emergency is a Hindi-language film based on the Emergency imposed by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s government in 1975.
It stars actor-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut, who is a Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi. She is also the writer and director of the film, besides having co-produced it.
A bench of Justices BP Colabawalla and Firdosh Pooniwalla was on Thursday hearing a petition filed by co-producer Zee Entertainment Enterprises, seeking directions to the film certification board to expedite clearance for the movie.
The petition claimed that the censor board was “arbitrarily” and “illegally” withholding the film’s certification. It claimed that despite being informed of the film’s certification on August 29, the film certification board was yet to provide a formal copy of the approval.
After the Central Board of Film Certification made its submission before the bench on the release of the film, the counsel for Zee Entertainment said that he would consult his clients on whether they would agree to make the cuts.
The court listed the matter for further hearing on September 30.
At an earlier hearing, Zee Entertainment claimed that the film’s release was being stalled by...
