CBFC gets 18 members; Paradise gets 169 minutes
The Centre has reconstituted the film-certification board for three years. Nani’s The Paradise is reportedly ‘A’ certified, though its makers have not confirmed it.
The Paradise has been reported as ‘A’ certified with a reported runtime of 169 minutes; the makers have not confirmed it.
The Centre has reconstituted the Central Board of Film Certification with 18 members for three years or until further orders. The order is effective immediately and has been issued under the Cinematograph Act and the 2024 certification rules. The list includes filmmakers and actors such as Priyadarshan, Suniel Shetty, Preity Zinta, Pankaj Tripathi, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Pallavi Joshi and Supriya Yarlagadda. The government release does not name a chairperson in the list. (PIB)
For Telugu cinema, the practical machinery remains the same: films are examined through Examining and Revising Committees, with the CBFC’s published process setting timelines for scrutiny, examination, orders, cuts and certification. The identities of examining-committee members remain confidential. (CBFC)
Nani’s The Paradise, directed by Srikanth Odela, has been reported as receiving an ‘A’ certificate, with a reported runtime of 169 minutes and a September 24 release date. That information is attributed to IANS and unnamed industry sources; the makers have not officially announced the clearance, and no certificate document was available in the material reviewed. Nothing establishes that the newly reconstituted board examined the film. The Centre has changed the board. The Paradise’s paperwork remains, appropriately, a report rather than a record.