“The Censor Board Should Be Overhauled”, Says Tarpan Filmmaker Neelam R Singh On Receiving Ua Certificate

Jyothi Venkatesh

After herculean efforts and continuous follow up, finally the film Tarpan got the censor UA certificate, but only after the producer obtained a tribunal court order. Recently the film got stuck for the censor certificate, and the censor board offered A certificate, that too, with many cuts and the review committee upheld the decision of A certificate. Director Neelam R Singh and the members of the censor board had an argument over the same, and justice prevailed as the tribunal court gave orders to the censor board to issue U/A certificate without any cuts and just an added disclaimer in the beginning of the film. The main cast includes Nand Kishore Pant, Sanjay Sonu, Rahul Chauhan, Abhishek Madrecha, Poonam Ingale, Neelam, Vandana Asthana, Arun Shekhar and Padmaja Roy. Screenplay and dialogues of this film based on the novel of the writer Shivmurti, are written by Dharmendra V Singh. Lyrics are by Rakesh Nirala and music has been composed by Manoj Nayan. The background score of the film has been scoredd by Sanjay Pathak.The plot is very sensitive. A high-caste Brahmin boy Chandar attempts to rape a young villager woman, Rajapatiya, belonging to lower caste. This incident becomes a political issue. Chandar gets bail from the court due to lack of witnesses. Local politicians provoke Rajapatiya's brother to avenge the attempted rape. The film will release on 26th April, 2019.

Undaunted Neelam has emerged as a fighter in this male and power dominated society. She suggests a lot should be changed in the working pattern of censor board. The arbitrary nature needs to be changed. The rules of the censor board should be revised and the members need to have training. The members should be elected on the basis of the language and context of that particular film. They should be provided proper training on what needs to be censored and political influence should be reduced. The budding filmmakers don't have enough budgets to invest on revising committee and some other wrong way to get the certificate. The censor board has to be sensible and polite in their decision. People who are passionate about their work need not to go to the court for a certificate. She also suggested a rule-book of the certificates to be provided to the director and producer and if they cross the predefined limits, censor will have the right to cut the scene or edit the dialogue. The cinema is the platform to show what is happening in our surroundings. The film Tarpan shows the victimization of the women by the society, irrespective of any caste or creed. Tarpan depicts the reality of the society and will be remarkable. Neelam said it has been a tough and challenging journey as a filmmaker but she is happy that she got victory after so many struggles. The film is releasing on 26th April, 2019.

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