Yesterday, Tamil actor Vishal shared a post on X regarding corruption in the Central Board Of Film Certification. He shared a video saying he had to face corruption while trying to release his film ‘Mark Antony’ in Hindi.
Vishal says he had to pay a total of 6.5 lakhs to the Mumbai Office of CBFC. There were two transactions: 3 lakhs for screening and 3.5 lakhs for the certificate. He urged the Prime Minister and Chief Minister of Maharashtra to look into the matter for the sake of future producers and also shared the details of the accounts where he had to pay the money.
Now the Ministry of Information And Broadcasting has shared a post on X responding to Vishal’s charges on CBFC. The post says that a senior officer from the Ministry has been deployed to look into the matter and take necessary actions and have an inquiry. The incident is shameful and unfortunate and strict action will be taken against whoever is found guilty. The Ministry also requests everyone to cooperate with the government by providing necessary information. If any such incident of harassment happens in future, they should complain at jsfilms.inb@nic.in.
It is very unfortunate that filmmakers and producers have to pay their hard-earned money to satisfy the greed of corrupt government officials. However, after the response from the government and the inquiry on the matter, hopefully such cases will reduce. Vishal’s action is indeed a great step against corruption and he has done a good job to take the grave matter out to the public and the government.