Only we Indians can trip over the same log twice. Despite the Bombay High Court saying that the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has no power to censor movies, the CBFC has done it again.

If it was Bollywood movie ‘Udta Punjab’ that bore the brunt of its senseless censorship just a week ago, this time it is Saijo Kannanaikkal’s debut Malayalam movie ‘Kathakali’ that has been refused a certificate by the CBFC.

The movie-makers with the backing of the Film Employees Federation of Kerala (FEFKA) had moved the Kerala High Court in the matter and even staged a protest led by FEFKA general secretary B Unnikrishnan in front of the CBFC regional office at Chitranjali Studio in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday.