Vishal unhappy over ‘A’ certificate to ‘Kaminey’

Kaminey is the strongest word used in the entire story. The CBFC has ambiguous categories of rating systems,” Vishal told reporters here.

“After the 26/11 terror attacks and its live coverage on television,violence is all around us and we need to learn to live with it,” he said.

The provision of U/A certificate to ‘Ghajini’ also came up for discussion during our meeting and the Board said it regrets its decision on it,he said.

“For six years,the Information and Broadcasting ministry has been trying to table a bill for introducing a censor rating for viewers above 15 years of age. It is sad that nothing has happened on this front,” the filmmaker said.

Alleging that there was no freedom of expression,Vishal said,”there is a line in the film where a character is asked where does he come from. The character says Pilibhit.

There were no political overtones to the line. But,the Censor Board asked me to edit Pilibhit saying that it is a sensitive constituency.”

“They told me to use a fictitious city name. I had to change the city name from Pilibhit to Barabanki,” Vishal said.

The filmmaker said he has strived to make an entertaining film by adhering to his sensibilities.

“I consider film making as a work of art rather than a business proposition,” he said adding in ‘Kaminey’ he had tried a new structure of story telling.

“The filmmaker can surprise the audience with logic,” he added.

The Shahid-Priyanka starrer releases on August 14.