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CBFC Member Vani Tripathi Tikoo lashes out at Veere Di Wedding team

12 Jun 2018

VaniTripathiTikoowho isa part-time actress and full-timemother, not to mention a vocal BJPmember, says the exploitationof the CBFCs name to get publicity for films must stop. Addressing the comments in a recent article write up in aMumbaitabloid in which it has been reported that theCBFCsuggested changes and modifications in the expletives used in VeereDi Wedding, Vanilashes out, This is an absolute lie. A complete fabrication. The fact is, we at theCBFCdid not suggest, let aloneimplement a single change in the dialoguesof VeereDi Wedding. Thecusswordsare exactly the same as what was brought to us by the producers. Not a singlemodification was made by theCBFC. Hitting out atSwaraBhaskars infamous self-pleasuring sequence in VeereDi Wedding Vanisays, Is this what feminism and female empowerment means to some filmmakers? To show women cussing swearing and masturbating? This is nothing but a perverse view of gender equality. Are we going to achieve true liberation for women by talking dirty like men and showing women masturbating on screen? This is trying to achieve equality with men for all the wrong reasons. Gender biases dont evaporate by showing women doing all the things that men do. This attempt to achieve gender equality through a push towards perversion is a new kind of misogyny. We must fight it before it becomes a norm. More importantlyVaniis perturbed by the lies being told about theCBFCapparently to get films noticed. If filmmakers are going to use theCBFC name wrongly and accuse us of making cuts modifications and bans when there are none, then I am afraid we are going back to the way the censor board used to be 3-4 years ago. I remember filmmakers put stories about 30-35 cuts even before their films were submitted for censor certification. Now there is fake news being put out about the Hollywood film Love Simon being banned by theCBFC. This is absolutely false. Love, Simon was passed with two minor cuts in February. By wrongly advertising its ban theCBFCis being tainted as conservative and old-fashioned. We at the CBFCare all for gay rights. But if a gay film generates no interest in India dont use the censor bait to create interest, warnsVaniTripathi Tikoo. Also Read: Swara Bhaskar is unsurprised as controversial self-pleasuring sequence from Veere Di Wedding gets censored in Gulf countries