“Abolish Censorship”: Shyam Benegal

Veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal recently put across his firm opinion against the tyranny of Censor Board. Off late, the increasing menace of the Censor Board has been raising debates and there are filmmakers who think art is beyond any form of censorship.

“In one word, I would say abolish censorship. I personally don’t believe in censorship… I am concerned about the imposition of censorship here, which has no real purpose except to come in the way of you expression. That’s the kind of censorship I oppose,”- Said Benegal.

“There is a certain amount of debate going on in the press about censorship and chairman and how it does not appeal to large number of people. This kind of thing does not make sense. It has no place. People creatively can bypass censorship and they do that. When it comes to matters of sex, there are ways and means the filmmakers use to go past censorship. Without the censor even being aware of what is happening. This happens,”“- he added.

Ranjini Maitra

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