CBFC Reconstituted After 6 Years; Preity Zinta, Pankaj Tripathi, Suniel Shetty Among New Members
The Centre on Wednesday reconstituted the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), more than six years after the three-year tenure of its previous panel expired, appointing actors Preity Zinta, Pankaj Tripathi, Suniel Shetty, Pallavi Joshi and Prosenjit Chatterjee, and Grammy-winning musician Ricky Kej, among others, to the 18-member board. The move comes weeks after the CBFC held its first…
The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) was reconstituted by the Centre more than six years after its previous panel's three-year tenure expired. The new 18-member board includes actors Preity Zinta, Pankaj Tripathi, Suniel Shetty, Pallavi Joshi, and Prosenjit Chatterjee, Grammy-winning musician Ricky Kej, filmmaker Priyadarshan, and others.
The board, chaired by Shashi Shekhar Vempati, was constituted immediately for a three-year term or until further orders. Four members from the previous board, theatre director Waman Kendre and writer Ramesh Patange, were retained on the new panel. Several members of the new board have connections to the ruling BJP or Sangh Parivar, including Pallavi Joshi and Prosenjit Chatterjee.
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