The censor board in India has already been facing numerous brickbats after a few of its officers getting caught in bribery scandals. And now, following an RTI filed by an activist named Vihar Durve, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) blasted the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) over irregularities in its functioning and for not following the stipulated regulations while certifying the feature films.
Apparently, a censor panel has cleared a couple of films with UA verification which were earlier rejected a certificate by two censor committees. This was allegedly due to the intervention of the secretary to the chairperson. Initially, the two examining committees refused the English film's, Gabriel and Three Can Play That Game, cutting that these two films are not suited for Indian audiences even with an A certificate.
The makers then approached the revising committee and were still refused certificates. The CAG scouted out discrepancies in film certification, regarding the films that had been initially certified as 'A' being converted to U or U/A. So far, the CBFC converted 172 A category films into U/A category films and 166 U/A films to U category.
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