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  • Centre condemns Sena attack, denies charges relating to censoring of Marathi films

    Centre condemns Sena attack, denies charges relating to censoring of Marathi films

    NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has denied the allegation by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena that Marathi films are being certified by non-Marathi knowing persons.


    A day after the CBFC office at Walkeshwar Road in Mumbai was ransacked allegedly by MNS supporters, CBFC has clarified that its Advisory Panel of 123 members has 47 members, whose mother tongue is Marathi. Almost all the films are certified at the local level by the Advisory Panel, which consist of members drawn from various fields.


    Only those films, where the producer is not satisfied with the certification granted by the Advisory Panel are referred to the Central Board for screening. Even in its Board, the CBFC has three members -Deepesh Mehta, Arundhati Nag, as well as Chairperson Leela Samson who are familiar with Marathi.


    CBFC enjoys an excellent rapport with the Marathi film industry and has not received any complaint from any quarter regarding the films not being certified judiciously. Therefore, the allegation of MNS is baseless and motivated, a press note issued by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry this evening said.


    The Ministry condemned this act of hooliganism and vandalism and said that such methods of protest have no place in a democratic and civilized society.


    The Ministry has also taken up this matter with utmost gravity with the Government of Maharashtra and has been assured of strong and deterrent preventive and punitive action.

  • Times Now to feature the vision of ‘Bangalore Tomorrow’

    Times Now to feature the vision of ‘Bangalore Tomorrow’

    MUMBAI: Starting 21 August, Times Now has launched a series Bangalore Tomorrow showcasing icons like Nandan Nilekani, Dr Devi Shetty, Vani Ganapathy, Arundhati Nag, U R Anantha Murthy and Kiran Mazumdar Shaw providing an account on their vision for the series.

    Bangalore Tomorrow, Action Today, For Tomorrow is the new focus on urban trends on the channel. According to an official release, the series has started with ‘I report from Bangalore’, a series of vignettes, where the regular news faces have taken a backseat and the prominent, concerned Bangaloreans are playing the roles of reporters for the city.

    As part of its regular news programs, this initiative will present vision, insights and information on the cities infrastructure, environment, crime and emerging industries thereby shaping a vision for Bangalore’s Tomorrow.

    Commenting on the special series on Bangalore, Times Now CEO Sunil Lulla said, “As an urbane channel, Times Now regularly focuses on cities and their issues. Bangalore is at crossroads today, with the citizens looking at a lot of action towards making the city look different Tomorrow. It is this essence of Bangalore Tomorrow that we are capturing on the channel.”

    With an approach to enthuse participation on presenting viewer’s point of view, the channel has launched an on-ground campaign, wherein the viewers will get a chance to voice their opinion to the camera crews in the city. This is also supported by an aggressive SMS contest to weave in greater interactivity and encourage Bangaloreans to speak up for their city.