Kangana Ranaut agrees to cuts suggested by Censor Board in Emergency, HC told

Mumbai: BJP MP and Bollywood actress Kanaga Ranaut, the producer and lead actress in the controversial film "Emergency" has agreed to the cuts and changes suggested by the Censor Board's revising committee, the Bombay High Court was informed on Monday by the Central Board for Film Certification (CBFC).

Dr Abhinav Chandrachud, counsel for CBFC, informed the court that Ranaut had indeed agreed to the changes suggested by the Revising Committee and pointed out that the cuts barely amounted to one minute of the film’s duration.

A division bench of Justices B P Colabawalla and Firdosh P Pooniwalla was hearing a plea by Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd against CBFC for allegedly illegally and arbitrarily withholding the certificate granted to Emergency. This petition followed a controversy over claims that the film misrepresented the Sikh community.

On September 19, the CBFC had informed the bench that the revising committee has suggested certain cuts in the film after which it can be released.

The co-producers, however, sought time to figure out if the changes can be made.

When the matter was taken up for hearing on Monday, senior advocate Sharan Jagtiani, appearing for Zee Studios, informed the bench that Ranaut had a meeting with the CBFC and has agreed to carry out the suggested cuts.

The Court adjourned the matter till October 3.