Chaos at the CBFC office, new chief reports unwell on day one

15 Sep 2017

On Monday it wasPrasoonJoshis first day as the new chairperson ofCentral Board of Film Certification (CBFC). UnfortunatelyPrasoonwas under the weather and could not attend office, thereby precipitating a situation of utterpandemoniumat theCBFC office inMumbai. Reports aCBFCsource, On Friday beforePahlajNihalanileft his office he had certified many films includingAshwiniIyerTiwaris BareillyKiBarfi and theSidharthMalhotra- Jacqueline Fernandez thriller A Gentleman scheduled to be released on the two Fridays to come one after the other. These producers were to collect their censor certificates on Monday as per the rules. WhenPrasoonJoshididnt turn up at theCBFCoffice on Monday, all hell broke loose since there was no chairperson to organize the smooth delivery of the certificates. In a panic the producers of BareillyKiBarfi whose release is this Friday contacted Pahlaj Nihalani.SaysNihalani, I had no choice but to step in help them out. Otherwise they wouldnt have got the certificate. BareillyKiBarfi would have definitely missed its release this Friday. PrasoonJoshiis expected to start attending office as the newCBFCchairperson from Friday.