Filmmaker Suman Ghosh – who had to compete with the Central Film Certification Council (CBFC) in 2017 before freeing “cattle” and four other words requested to get out of his documentary in Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen – had experienced problems again.
This time with the film ‘Aadhaar’ feature, Hindi comic drama.
Only it is not a struggle between Ghosh and the body that is certified, but “Super Sensor” in the form of an Indian Unique Identification Authority (UIDAI) that issued aadhaar card.
Uidai has proposed “28 cuts” to the film – has been cleaned by CBFC in 2019 – stop his release without legal authority to do so.
“The film was intended to be released on February 5 this year.
Right after the trailer launch in January, my producer got a call from Uidai officials who asked for screening,” said Ghosh, who taught economics in Miami and made films in India.
“I was not in India if this film was played for officials in Delhi in February after that they suggested 28 cuts for permission.” Films, written and directed by Ghosh and deupated by Jio Studios and Drishyam films, arranged in 2010 and told Pharsua’s story (a fictional citizen from Jharkhand) which falls into a ravine when numerological village makes unpleasant predictions based on the prediction of his aadhaar numbers.
“Then took part in Pharsua’s journey where the importance of having aadhaar card was replaced by superstitious elements that often created obstacles in launching a national initiative,” explained Ghosh, emphasizing that the film, in fact, “Bolsters of the Aadhaar initiative case”.
The release of this film is currently hinged in objections that range from the use of the dialogue ‘play aadhaar hoon’ – a game on the title of the movie Amitabh Bachchan ‘Main Azaad Hoon’ – “Claims which officials degrading the Aadhaar program”; The scene where a village resident, tried to understand the privacy issue, asked: ‘Sarkar Kya Hamare Ghusal Khusal Mein Ghus Jayenge?’ (Will the government come to our bathroom?); And the order in which a man wants to issue a katara for aadhaar biometric.
“They feel it is an inappropriate representation of their biometric recognition system,” said Ghosh.
Toi reaches an official of Uidai in Delhi who confirm the department has “watched a film and asked for Edit” but refused to comment further.
2 years after CBFC nodded in the film, Uidai was looking for ’28 cutting ‘
