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List of Incidents in West Bengal -> Censorship -> 2016
My censored film has got butchered on television, alleges Goutam Ghose
Ref: http://www.nyoooz.com/kolkata/572511/my-censored-film-has-got-butchered-on-television-alleges-goutam-ghose
On the eve of Independence Day, Ghose was livid with what he called a travesty in the name of double-censorship by this private television channel. I fail to understand why or how a censored film that has a National Award can been vandalised this way. Ghose alleged that a vital portion of 'Shankhachil' starring Prosenjit Chatterjee got chopped during the screening of the movie on private television channel.Said Ghose, "What the hell is going on in this country? The private television channel that screened my National Award-winning movie arbitarily deleted a vital sequence of my film's protagonist (Prosenjit Chatterjee) crossing the river Ichamati to reach Taki. What then is the point of CBFC clearing a film if any channel just decides to hack scenes wherever they feel like?