While the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) courts controversy over beeping out of four words in Suman Ghosh's documentary on Amartya Sen, the new cinematograph bill may empower the government to take over the certification body under special circumstances.

On Wednesday, the Kolkata regional office of CBFC asked Ghosh to mute the words 'Gujarat', 'Cow', 'Hindutva view of India' and 'Hindu India' in the documentary 'The Argumentative Indian', which he has refused to implement.

A new provision in the draft of Cinematograph bill — which would replace the Cinematograph Act of 1952 — will allow the central government to take control of the CBFC for a certain period under special if it feels that prevailing "circumstances" are making it necessary to do so in "public interest".