The former chief of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) Mr.Pahlaj Nihalan on Friday entitle famous director in the Bollywood, Sanjay Leela Bhansali as "a sensible" person who has always promoted Indian culture in his films. The Director of the movie Sanjay Leela Bhansali whose ongoing controversy surrounding 'Padmavati', Nihalani said that, "Bhansali is a sensible and best technician in the industry. He knows that he is bringing Indian culture in front of the world. He has always promoted Indian culture and people have liked it".
The film director pointed out that every Bhansali productions film falls in controversy even though there is nothing objectionable in it. “There has been controversy in each of his films. Controversy on his projects is created by people. His movies have always done a good business after people see there is nothing wrong with it".
"People of every state for which he makes a film protest against it. People protested against Bajirao Mastani in Maharashtra. There were many court cases. I think how he highlighted Maratha in that film was commendable”.
Nihalani also highlighted that there was a film made on Padmavati in 1963 but there were no protests. Nihalani, who was popular for making several cuts in movies as the CBFC chief, said that approving the film is the responsibility of the censor board, not public or government.
"Till the time film is not censored, it is not completed. I think they have not yet submitted it for approval, the process which takes at least 21 days.