MUMBAI: With the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) giving the censor certificate in late November to the Hindi feature film ‘Modi Ka Gaon’ now renamed as ‘Modi Kaka Ka Gaon’, it will be released all over India on December 29.
The film is not a biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but the story has been inspired by Mr Modi’s vision and agenda for the country’s progress, film producer Suresh K Jha told UNI on Tuesday. “I am keen that the work of the great leader should be highlighted since some people are making false propaganda and harming the country’s interests,” Jha claimed.
The film-maker had trouble in getting the censor certificate from CBFC as its then chairman Pahlaj Nihalani had declined to certify the film on various grounds and set a precondition of a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the Prime Minister’s Office and Election Commission of India.
Jha then wrote to the PMO and ECI, but the two did not respond, thereafter, he moved the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal and won the case there in October.
“The requirement to obtain NOC from the PMO, since either references are made to the PM or a character is portrayed as the PM, have no legal basis or foundation,” the FCAT ruled in its October 12 order.
“The statutory responsibility for certification of films is cast upon the CBFC Board under the Cinematograph Act and (It) cannot be delegated to different statutory authorities, departments or individuals,” the order added.
Accordingly, in the first phase, the film will be released at around 600 cinema halls in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, east Punjab and Uttarakhand. Thereafter, the rest of the country will be covered soon, the film-maker added. (AGENCIES)
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