Centre makes Nihalani new chief censor and fills board with saffron sympathisers

[The_Showstopper]

Centre makes Nihalani new chief censor and fills board with saffron sympathisers

The Union Government on Monday appointed noted film maker Pahlaj Nihalani as the new chief of the Central Board of Film Certification, and packed the censor board with Bharatiya Janata Party and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ideologues and saffron camp sympathisers.

After slamming the outgoing censor board chief Leela Samson and other members of the panel as “rebels without a cause” for quitting over alleged Government interference, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry moved with speed to reconstitute the body.

Pahlaj Nihalani, elder brother of wellknown film director Govind Nihalani, had produced a full-length music video titled ‘Har Ghar Modi, Ghar Ghar Modi’ during the campaign for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

Nihalani is known for producing blockbusters Aankhen, Talaash and Shola aur Shabnam. The other members of the new censor board have similar credentials.

Dr. Chandra Prakash Dwivedi, who is better known as ‘Chanakya’ for his character in the tele-serial by the same name, had recently praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

Saffron touch

Ramesh Patange, a dalit activist belonging to RSS, has also been appointed a member of the Central Board of Film Certification.

BJP leader Vani Tripathi Tikoo, who also has been appointed as censor board member, was an actor.

Another member, well-known Tamil dramatist and comedian S. Ve Shekhar, had joined BJP ahead of last year’s general elections.

The popular face in Tamil Nadu had campaigned for the BJP. Another film producer, Ashoke Pandit, is also one of the leading BJP sympathisers in Bollywood and has now been appointed as the board’s member.

The other members of the board are: George Baker, an actor from West Bengal who has contested election on BJP ticket; writer Mihir Bhuta; Prof. Syed Abdul Bari; and Ms. Jeevitha.

Ashoke Pandit and (right) BJP leader Vani Tripathi Tikoo (left) have also been named as pro-saffron members of the censor board

Tamil actress Jeevitha had also joined BJP before the elections.

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley had slammed the former censor board chief Leela Samson and rubbished her allegations that the government was interfering with the work of the film certification body.

She had reportedly objected to clearance given to controversial spiritual figure Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s film MSG: The Messenger of God.

Allegation

Samson had also alleged interference even in the clearing of Aamir Khan-starrer PK, accusing the Government of coercion and corruption.

The censor board had not met even once in 2014, said one of the members who had resigned, terming it as a farce.

He said that it was regrettable that UPA appointees have decided to politicise routine issues.

The censor board is a statutory body and the Governments appoint members for the board. The BJP-led Government at the Centre has now chosen the members.


Centre makes Nihalani new chief censor and fills board with saffron sympathisers  | Daily Mail Online

 

[greatone]

Let me tell you a little bit about the history of previous Chief of Censor board, who totally coincidentally, was also the dance teacher of Priyanka Vadra.

The movie 'PK' takes token jibes at Christianity and Islam and otherwise dedicates itself to mocking hinduism by dishing out populist, cliché stereotypes about the Sanatan Culture of the land. While people protest this malefic propaganda against their beliefs, one needs to take a look at the history of the person who passed this movie without cuts despite severe protests by her fellow CBFC members.

1) Leela Samson's story, for all means and purpose, begins with Kalakshetra, a Classical Dance institution founded by Rukmini Arundale - a guru who rescued the Bharat Natyam dance form from the era of colonial evangelism. Rukmini spoke of dance as ”Sadhana which requires total devotion.”


2) Rukmini was a bit reluctant to admit Leela Samson to the institution given Leela's Judeo-Christian background. Little did she know her fears will come true tenfold in years to come.

3) Leela allegedly faked her qualifications to become Director of Kalakshetra in 2005. Ministry of culture (under UPA govt.) permitted her to continue despite her fraud getting exposed.

4) The first thing she did after her appointment was elimination of the spiritual roots of Bharata Natyam. She ordered removal of all Ganesha and Nataraja statues from the campus (despite heavy student & faculty protest) calling it 'Hindu superstition'.

5) In the morning assembly, Samson allegedly told the students and teachers that "idol worship" is superstition and should be discouraged at Kalakshetra.
Samson used to ridicule Hindu scriptures and deities, comparing them to walt disney characters.

6) She refused permission and threatened expulsion of students from participating in inaugural dance piece in the Health and Happiness Program Organized by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ‘s The Art of Living in Chennai between Dec 5th to 8th 2006. Reason cited: It is a “Hindu Event”.
( The Student-Artistes ignored her threat, came and participated in the event, reminding her that Art is bigger than the Artist. She then continued harassing the Faculty who participated and coordinated in the event.)

7) She changed the logo(which was there since 1936) because it had Lord Natraja Ganesha with Lord Shiva‘s Emblem. Again, citing superstition.

8) A CAG report severely indicted her ways of functioning during her seven year tenure (2005-12). She demolished the temple structure of the Kalakshetra Auditorium with the excuse of modernising it. Then there were fund irregularities in tunes of crores and at least 16 appointments were done defying qualification standards and institution norms. A blatant misuse of her power because she had Sonia's backing. And why not - Leela was a dance teacher for Priyanka Vadra.

9) Despite being over age, she was given a grand extension and made the Censor Board Chief. Her own cinema knowledge was near zero but she used to call most members of the board uneducated and an embarrassment. When legal notice was issued by 2 of the members, she was forced to apologize.

10) Although she'd strongly object to anything remotely funny about Christians or Muslims in cinemas, she'd routinely pass cinemas ridiculing Hindu beliefs in name of freedom of expression. Memories of 'Singham 2' are still fresh among people, can we connect the dots now?

As a bottomline, there is a massive nexus of such Congress appointed stooges of Sonia who often indulge in anti-Hindu anti-Indian propaganda. These are the very people who represent our nation at international forums and present a sorry picture of our nation to please the west. The new government at the centre has a huge challenge at its hand of cleaning up the system which is so rotten from inside that it may fall from the consequences of it.

The past of Leela Samson

 

[IndoCarib]

Ms.Simpson was hand picked by Sonia bcoz she was a Christian evangelist sympathiser