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Centre Reconstitutes CBFC With 18-Member Film Panel
The government has chosen a new team for India’s film-certification board.
The team has 18 members from films, television, music, writing and other fields.
Famous names include Preity Zinta, Pankaj Tripathi, Suniel Shetty and Ricky Kej.
Shashi Shekhar Vempati will lead the board.
The members will serve for three years unless the government makes another change sooner.
Only Waman Kendre and Ramesh Patange were kept from the old board.
The earlier board had continued after its term ended because a new one had not been appointed.
Officials said a new board was needed because some previous members were no longer active.
The Centre has reconstituted the 18-member Central Board of Film Certification with immediate effect.
Actors Preity Zinta, Pankaj Tripathi, Suniel Shetty, Pallavi Joshi and Prosenjit Chatterjee are among the appointees.
The board is headed by CBFC chairperson Shashi Shekhar Vempati and will serve for three years or until further orders.
Waman Kendre and Ramesh Patange are the only members retained from the previous board.
The previous CBFC board was formally reconstituted in August 2017, with members continuing afterward until successors were appointed.
- Who
- The Centre and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting appointed an 18-member CBFC panel led by Shashi Shekhar Vempati.
- What
- The Central Board of Film Certification was reconstituted with actors, filmmakers, musicians, writers and other public figures.
- Where
- The reconstitution applies to India’s Central Board of Film Certification; the report was datelined New Delhi.
- When
- The notification was issued on September 16, with immediate effect, for three years or until further orders.
- Why
- The reconstitution had been due after the previous board’s three-year term ended, and an official said several former members were no longer active.
Key facts
- Board
- Central Board of Film Certification
- Size
- 18 members
- Chairperson
- Shashi Shekhar Vempati
- Term
- Three years or until further orders, whichever is earlier
- Legal basis
- Section 3(1) of the Cinematograph Act, 1952, and Rule 3 of the Cinematograph (Certification) Rules, 2024
- Retained members
- Waman Kendre and Ramesh Patange
- Previous reconstitution
- August 2017
Quotes
Shashi Shekhar Vempati
Chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification
“Congratulations and welcome to the new Board Members of @CBFC_Bharat.”
livemint.com
Central Board of Film Certification notice
Official notice announcing the board’s reconstitution
“In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Cinematograph Act, 1952 (37 of 1952) read with rule 3 of the Cinematograph (Certification) Rules, 2024, the Central Government is pleased to reconstitute the Central Board of Film Certification as follows with immediate effect for a period of 3 years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.”
telegraphindia.com
Sources
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