CBFC A Cultural Police, Represents Backward Mindset: Hansal Mehta
by The Daily Eye Team February 3 2016, 9:10 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 28 secsDirector Hansal Mehta on January 30 alleged that the Censor Board was acting like a cultural police and thwarting promotion of his upcoming film “Aligarh”, which deals with the stigma surrounding homosexuality, by giving its trailer an ‘A’ certificate. “This is an attempt to thwart my promotion. They cannot ban the film, because my film does not in any way go against the guidelines of the Cinematograph Act,” he told PTI on the sidelines of the maiden Difficult Dialogues conference in Goa.