Months after IFFI dropped S Durga, CBFC clears it with no cuts
Malayalam film S Durga was dropped from the IFFI last year and now it has been cleared by the censor board without…
International Film Festival of India (IFFI) Director Sunit Tandon on Tuesday (November 21) refused to comment on the Kerala High Court’s direction to screen Malayalam film S Durga at the ongoing 48th IFFI, saying it would not be appropriate for him to do so.
After repeatedly avoiding media queries through the afternoon on the subject, Tandon evaded mediapersons seeking a comment from him vis-a-vis S Durga, which — along with Marathi film Nude — was dropped by the Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry from the screening schedule at the Indian Panorama, despite the jury’s approval.
“It is not appropriate for me to comment,” Tandon told reporters.
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Asked whether the festival would be screening S Durga as directed by the Kerala High Court, Tandon said: “I cannot say anything.”
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday ruled that the certified copy of the film should be screened at IFFI, one of the most prestigious film festivals of the country, after S Durga director Sanal Sashidharan approached the court over the controversial dropping of his film from the festival’s screening schedule.
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