Exclusive: CBFC has done right thing, says Nihalani as Julie 2 cleared with no cuts

The anticipated face-off between the Central Board Of Film Certification (CBFC) and its former chairperson Pahlaj Nihalani has been diffused. When Pahlaj, who is the presenter and distributor of the film, approached the CBFC to certify his film, a section of the media accused the self-styled sanskaari former CBFC chief of peddling soft porn once he was out the censor seat.

Now, Julie 2 has been cleared by the CBFC with an ‘Adult’ certificate with no cuts. Pahlaj is happy about this. He says, “This is just what I had hoped for. If I was still the CBFC chairperson, I’d also have given Julie 2 an ‘Adult’ certificate with no cuts. It’s a clean film for adult members of a family. Though it’s a film on the exploitation of newcomers in Bollywood — the film has no nudity, no skin show or double-meaning dialogues. The CBFC has done the right thing.”

About charges of hypocrisy being leveled at him for peddling soft porn after espousing Puritanism as the CBFC chairperson, Pahlaj protests, “Soft porn, soft corn, or harsh reality. Let the film release. The world will know.”