No Fathers in Kashmir released in theatres last week and has been receiving great reviews. Director Ashvin Kumar fought a battle with the censor board for over eight months to get his desired and justified UA certificate, under conditions of certain edits. Now, the makers have released a never seen before footage of some of the scenes which were modified.
Director Ashvin says, “After eight months of waiting, I must admit I was mentally, physically and emotionally exhausted. Having made us spend sleepless nights and run from hearing to hearing for nine months they went about mutilating the film without either logic or legal justification.”
He adds, “I have not yet seen my film in the theatre because I am disheartened by what remains of it. It took me four years of hard work to make the film. It took the censors seven screenings and six hearings to slash, mutilate and compromise this labour of love. What you are about to watch are scenes that they cut out. And you’ll see that they do not make the film any more or less suitable for a UA or A audience — which is the real job of the censors…Censorship only produces hate, hostility, suspicion and fear in society. I just want to say that it is not films that create fear, it is censorship that creates fear.”
from The Tribune http://bit.ly/2UrVj76
via Today’s News Headlines
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