Chennai: As Indian cinema completed a century, Telugu actor Akkineni Nagarjuna said that all types of moral policing on cinema by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) should be stopped. He said cinema can't be held accountable for what is happening in society.
"It's good to have a governing body to oversee matters in making of films, but you can't blame films for what is happening in society. This type of moral policing on films should stop right away," Nagarjuna told IANS, when asked about one thing he would like to change about the 100-year-old industry.
After the Dec 13, 2012, Delhi gang-rape case, many including CBFC have been blaming cinema for the adverse effect on viewers. Also, ethics of actors, who are seen smoking on screen, are being questioned for having a bad influence on the younger generation, which blindly idolises stars.
"It doesn't make sense to blame cinema for every rape and robbery in the country because one should understand that it's a medium of entertainment. If there is one change I would like to see happen as we complete a hundred years of Indian cinema, then it has to be this," he said....
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