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re-cut, to achieve U or U/A rating and released on television. Nihalani justified his decision by saying that past A-rated films contained horror or violence, but most recent A-rated films have sexual themes and so they cannot be re-cut. He changed this view later and has allowed re-certification of films presently.
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On 22 June, he issued a legal notice against IIFA awards and
Wizcraft (the award show event management company) for defamation and inappropriate remarks about him during a comedy skit. With his legal notice to IIFA 2017, Mr Nihlani in his capacity as allegedly denigrated Chairperson CBFC oddly sought
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On 4 June 2016, he became the centre of a national debate on film censorship after he placed severe restrictions on the film, Udta Punjab. On 13 June 2016, Udta Punjab won the case against CBFC. It was allowed to release with just one cut against the 89 cuts suggested by Pahlaj
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Nihalani has said that producers should not make controversial films like PK. Nihalani has proposed that the existing system of film ratings should be replaced by a new system. He has also condemned the protests of FTII students against the appointment of
Gajendra Chauhan as the Chairman, by calling
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On 12 March 2015, two members of the CBFC, Ashoke Pandit and
Chandraprakash Dwivedi, criticised the way in which Nihalani was running the organisation. On 9 July 2015, he implemented a new rule under which A-rated films were no longer allowed for television broadcast. Earlier, A-rated films could be
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On 10 November 2015, a music video called "Mera Desh Mahaan", produced by
Nihalani as a tribute to Prime Minister Narendra Modi was uploaded to YouTube. A shorter version of the video was played in film theatres during the interval of the film Prem Ratan Dhan Payo. The video was reported to have
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to censor award show events which was not part of said job mandate. This only added to his erratic public persona, where he has donned avatars from "I'm a Modi bhakt", Chairman CBFC, his film persona etc. Actor
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in 1994 which had songs that glorified erections ("Khada Hai") and the bump and grind of intercourse ("Main Maal Gaadi"), the very word he wished to censor.
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board, upholding the freedom of speech. On 15 June 2016 udta Punjab went viral on torrent having watermark of 'For Censor' in an alleged leak from the CBFC.
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Before the 2014 general elections, he made a YouTube video called "Har Har Modi, Ghar Ghar Modi", supporting
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them 'anti-nationals'. In 2017, he disallowed the word "intercourse" in the trailer of
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in 1987, and Paap Ki Duniya in 1988. In 1989, the film
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