We have some very nicely made movies like Hazaaron Khwahishein Aisi, Sarfarosh
and Utsav which are given "A" certificate and it can not be aired on indian
television.
By completely banning adult movies on TV what have
effectively suggested is that TV is meant only for children and not for adults.
It seems we only resort to the easiest but ineffective solutions to our problems
- Banning. But this ban will never help curb children viewing such stuff but it
will only derive the Indian audience of some very wonderful movies which had "A"
rating because of its darker theme. This ban will also discourage the filmmakers
who want to make different kind of movies with mature themes, as they won't be
having any audience watching these movies after this ban because in India
majority of people prefer watching movies on TV and not in theatres due to
financial constraints.
The filmmakers also stand to lose heavily as they
won't be able to sell satellite rights due to the ban. It's time for the
caretakers and upholders of moral values and the court to take serious view of
the situation and make it imperative that films and TV serials with adult
subjects are shown after 11 p.m. instead of banning them. A ban on adult movies
is totally unnecessary. By taking into consideration sex scenes, violence and
adult themes like politics, human relationships etc, the CBFC board should
really come up with standard guidelines to show things on TV by using
International standards.
Why not with the mutual consent and effort from both
IBF and CBFC India, a strategy could be made to air "A" rated movies at the time
which IBF guided for R category program on TV.
The Information &
Broadcasting Minister and the High court should review the situation
pragmatically and consider all the aspects related to this issue and there
should be drastic amendments in the Cable TV act. And the parents should know
that kids are not supposed to be watching TV as a major pass time. It should be
just one of their activities and it cannot revolve around them.
I hope
Smt. Leela Sampson (new chief of central board for film certification in India
after Sharmila Tagore six years of services) will surely take some serious
action to air adult movies on Indian tv and also under her supervision much
awaited "film certification to film classification" project will also be
successfully completed.
Thanks n Regards
Kamlesh Sharma