Close X
Monday, November 11, 2024
ADVT 
Bollywood

One cut as good as 100 cuts: Vivek Agnihotri on 'Udta Punjab'

Darpan News Desk IANS, 13 Jun, 2016 11:01 AM
    "Buddha in a Traffic Jam" director Vivek Agnihotri does not like the Bombay High Court's decision to clear "Udta Punjab" with one cut. He says one cut is still a cut.
     
    "Censor board should be abolished. Why even that one cut? One cut is as good as 100 cuts. Any cut is a cut," Agnihotri told IANS.
     
    "I think we have become a hopeless society. I don't think that going to the High Court has solved any purpose. I think it's a sheer waste of time, and producers have lost money," he added.
     
    While the makers of "Udta Punjab" and the film fraternity at large are hailing the victory of democracy and freedom of expression, Agnihotri said: "If they had just said pass the film without any cuts, that would have been the victory of freedom of expression. Now what is the point?
     
    "I don't like the High Court's decision."

    MORE Bollywood ARTICLES

    Celina Shares Harvey Milk Award With Indian Activists

    Celina Shares Harvey Milk Award With Indian Activists
    Bollywood actress Celina Jaitly has been honoured with the Harvey Milk Award here. She has dedicated it to two Bangladeshi activists who were murdered and said she wants to share it with Indian LGBT activists.

    Celina Shares Harvey Milk Award With Indian Activists

    Celebs Wish B-Town's 'Mohini' Madhuri Dixit On Birthday

    Celebs Wish B-Town's 'Mohini' Madhuri Dixit On Birthday
    Bollywood stars like Rishi Kapoor and Karan Johar have wished actress Madhuri Dixit Nene on her 49th birthday on Sunday. They hope the "gorgeous" and their "favourite" actress has a year full of happiness and more.

    Celebs Wish B-Town's 'Mohini' Madhuri Dixit On Birthday

    'Deepika, Priyanka Broke Notion That Models Can't Act'

    'Deepika, Priyanka Broke Notion That Models Can't Act'
    Model-turned-actress Waluscha De Sousa heaps praise on reigning stars Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra, saying that the Bollywood's divas have dispelled the notions that "models can't act".

    'Deepika, Priyanka Broke Notion That Models Can't Act'

    Big B Strengthens Himself By Reading Father's Work Every Day

    Big B Strengthens Himself By Reading Father's Work Every Day
    Amitabh read “Jan Gita”, a poetic rendition of the Bhagavad Gita in Awadhi language of northern India, on Saturday.

    Big B Strengthens Himself By Reading Father's Work Every Day

    Aishwarya Turns Heads In Elie Saab Creation

    Aishwarya Turns Heads In Elie Saab Creation
    "Aishwarya Rai in Elie Saab Haute Couture at the premiere of 'Le Bon Gros Geant' at the 69th Cannes Film Festival," the designer tweeted. 

    Aishwarya Turns Heads In Elie Saab Creation

    Hrithik Is Extremely Hardworking, Says Yami Gautam

    Actress Yami Gautam, who is all set to play a blind girl in the upcoming film "Kaabil", says her co-star Hrithik Roshan is a fine actor and is extremely hardworking.

    Hrithik Is Extremely Hardworking, Says Yami Gautam