Staff Correspondent
Port Blair, Mar 20: Members of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) today reached out to budding film makers of remote Andaman and Nicobar Islands to sensitize them about various aspects of Film Certification.
Recently, Andaman and Nicobar Islands saw spurt of short films, produced locally by local film makers, out of which a few have won Awards in national level too.
“We are here to meet local film makers and clarify their doubts about film certifications and to make the entire process easier for them,” Regional Officer, CBFC Bangalore told ‘Andaman Sheekha’ today.
He said that CBFC has made most of the certification process online and with the help of online application a film maker can easily apply for film certification from a remote place like Andaman and Nicobar Islands and check the status of the certification online.
“The only requirement is that one has to send the hard copy of the application along with DVD containing the film and other necessary documents. We usually process the file in three weeks,” Mr. Nagaraja, the Regional Officer of CBFC’s Banglore unit told the gathering.
During an interactive session the film makers of Andaman and Nicobar Islands were informed that for film certification there is no need to contact agents or pay anyone bribe.
“We don’t restrict film-makers’ artistic freedom but restrict the film under reasonable restrictions of clause for good, clean and healthy entertainment,” he added.
The interactive session was addressed by Mr. Nagararaja, Regional Officer, CBFC, Bangalore, Mr. J P Singh, Regional Officer, CBFC, Mumbai, Mr. Raj Kumar, Regional Officer, CBFC, New Delhi, Mrs. Dhanalaxmi, Regional Officer, CBFC, Hyderabad, Mr. Akhil Mishra, Regional Officer, CBFC, Cuttack, Mr. Packrisamy, Regional Officer, CBFC, Chennai, Mr. T P Modhu Kumar, Regional Officer, CBFC, Trivandrum and Mr. Nand Kishore Singh, Advisory Panel Member, CBFC, Kolkata.
