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Just when the controversy surrounding _‘Udta Punjab’_ was dying down, the CBFC is now facing the heat from the makers of Malayalam film _Kathakali _for seeking seemingly unnecessary cuts and
denying it certification. The makers of the film have reportedly moved the Kerala High Court, like the makers of Udta Punjab approached the Bombay High Court, in the hope of getting the
film released without any cuts. The Film Employees Federation of Kerala (Fefka) staged a protest outside the censor board’s regional office inside the Chitranjali Studio campus on Monday
over the issue, says a report in _The Times Of India. _ The censor board reportedly had an issue with one of the scenes in the climax, that features a Kathakali artist walking naked on
screen. However, the director feels that the the censor board is unable to understand the aesthetic sensibilities behind the scene, calling the shot a “symbolic representation”, says this
_India Today _report. The report says that the censors also had a problem with the usage of an abusive term, _Kazhiveriyude Mone_ (Bastard) and wanted it deleted from the film, again
something its director is opposed to. Director Saijo Kannanikkal said that his film did not challenge the sovereignty of the nation or delve into matters that are religious “All that it has
is a mere shot of a nude man, for which I am denied certification,” he told _The Times of India. _ The CBFC has however, reacted to the controversy saying that the filmmaker’s reaction is
unwarranted. Reacting to the controversy, the the board’s regional officer A Prathibha said, “We had issued a notice after examining the film. They neither responded to it nor went for an
appeal. They went straight to the public and media,” the board’s regional officer A Prathibha told _India Today_. THERE’S ALSO THIS VIDEO ON YOUTUBE WHICH SHOWS A SCENE FROM THE FILM THAT
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