After Lipstick Under My Burkha, now Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrer Babumoshai Bandookbaaz has caught in trouble with CBFC as it ordered as many as 48 cuts for the movie.

The producer narrated the incident, “After the examining committee watched the film, they made us wait for one hour outside their office. We knew by then that there would raise issues with the film. Anyway, we were called inside and I would really like to point out that these people lack basic decency. The two hours that the discussion, which was actually a one-way argument, went for, we were made to stand. No one offered a seat or even a glass of water. That’s how they treat filmmakers. But what was more astonishing was that during the discussion, a female member of the examining committee asked me, ‘How could you make this film being a woman?’ I replied, ‘Why a woman can’t make a film like this?’ To this, a male member said, ‘But she is not a woman. She is wearing shirt-pants, so, how can she be a woman?"

She added, “Kushan and I were left shocked with his comment. I felt like answering that even his female colleague was wearing shirt-pant so, does that make her less of a woman? But I stayed quiet because I didn’t want the argument to take a personal turn. For the film’s sake, I decided to not say anything."

Abhishek Chaubey, director of Udta Punjab come in support of the film, "I have also had the same experience. The CBFC office created an environment of threat, and they are regressive. Our films are being judged by people who force their personal liking. It is not just how they think, but also how they behave with us. We filmmakers are not here to ruin the society, so why are we treated like this?."

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