Mumbai, April 4
The release of “PM Narendra Modi”, a biopic on the PM, has been pushed indefinitely, its producer Sandip Ssingh said today, a day before the film was scheduled to be screened in theatres across the country.
Sources in the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) said the film is yet to get a clearance. The film was originally set to release on April 12 but producers had advanced it by a week, claiming “public demand”. “This is to confirm, our film ‘PM Narendra Modi’ is not releasing on 5th April. Will update soon,” Ssingh said on Twitter.
Though he did not clarify further, censor board sources said the process of getting CBFC certification is still underway. “The film has not been granted certification. It is still under process,” a source from the censor board said.
The film was in the news with various parties saying that releasing it less than a week before the polls was violation of the model code. — PTI
Plea in SC on April 8
- The SC on Thursday agreed to hear on April 8 a Congress leader’s plea seeking stay on the release of a biopic on the PM
- Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi mentioned the petition of advocate Aman Panwar, a Congress spokesperson before a Bench headed by Justice SA Bobde, which posted it for hearing on Monday TNS
from The Tribune http://bit.ly/2IcJIS5
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