"I will die, but I won’t remove it": Filmmaker KC Bokadia after Censor's order to remove 'Jai Shri Ram' from 'Teesri Begum'
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Director-Producer KC Bokadia's latest film Teesri Begum is hitting headlines as the censor board has raised concerns over scenes of the movie. The board has also asked the director to remove the “Jai Shri Ram” slogan from the movie after he applied for the censor certificate at the end of last year.
Reports suggest that the Examining Committee of the Censor Board refused to give it a censor certificate because the film shows normal and unexpected incidents prevalent in our society as a tradition. They even claimed that it fosters hatred for a certain community. The Censor Board gave Bokadia 14 days to take the film to the Revision Committee. On March 6 this month, the Censor Board even sent a letter citing the recommendation received from the Revision Committee to release the film 'Teesri Begum' with a certificate for adults only and make 14 cuts in the film.
Reacting to these recommendations, KC Bokadia said, "Among these cuts, the biggest objection I have is regarding the point in which it has been said that 'Jai Shri Ram' should be removed from the film. Ram is the center of our faith and this is being said by a character in the film. He is taking refuge in the person who attacked him".
KC Bokadia has refused to accept this cut suggested by the Censor Board and has also conveyed his views to Censor Board Chairman Prasoon Joshi. 'I have made 60 films in the last 40 years, but the Censor Board has never troubled me like this. If my film is not allowed to be released with the words 'Jai Shri Ram' then I will go to the High Court against it,' said Bokadia.
Reports suggest that the Examining Committee of the Censor Board refused to give it a censor certificate because the film shows normal and unexpected incidents prevalent in our society as a tradition. They even claimed that it fosters hatred for a certain community. The Censor Board gave Bokadia 14 days to take the film to the Revision Committee. On March 6 this month, the Censor Board even sent a letter citing the recommendation received from the Revision Committee to release the film 'Teesri Begum' with a certificate for adults only and make 14 cuts in the film.
Reacting to these recommendations, KC Bokadia said, "Among these cuts, the biggest objection I have is regarding the point in which it has been said that 'Jai Shri Ram' should be removed from the film. Ram is the center of our faith and this is being said by a character in the film. He is taking refuge in the person who attacked him".
'If an attacker is intent on taking someone's life and to save his life, that person is reciting the name of Bhagwan Shri Ram. Hardly anyone in India would want to stop him from saying 'Jai Shri Ram'. This related scene from the film 'Teesri Begum' is also similar in which a person who marries for the third time by hiding his identity, admits his mistake in the conclusion of the film and appeals to Bhagwan Shri Ram to save his life. I will die but will not remove the words 'Jai Shri Ram' from my film,' the filmmaker added.
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KC Bokadia has refused to accept this cut suggested by the Censor Board and has also conveyed his views to Censor Board Chairman Prasoon Joshi. 'I have made 60 films in the last 40 years, but the Censor Board has never troubled me like this. If my film is not allowed to be released with the words 'Jai Shri Ram' then I will go to the High Court against it,' said Bokadia.