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On Friday, the Supreme Court ordered the government of West Bengal to ensure that the film Bhobishyoter Bhoot was screened without hindrance, LiveLaw . The court made the interim order on the basis of a plea from the film's producers, alleging that the state government headed by Mamata Banerjee had ordered an unofficial ban on the film.
Judges DY Chandrachud and Hemant Gupta, Judges, stated that "once the Central Film Certification Board certified a film, no one could oppose its public exhibition" .
The Indibily Creative Private Limited petitioners claimed that the state was abusing police power and acting as a "super censor" to thwart Anik Datta's projection of the film. The film, which criticizes political parties, including the Banerjee Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Indian Communist Party, was released on February 15 but soon disappeared from theaters and multiplexes.
The applicants claimed that the Special Police Division of West Bengal had asked them to show the film because they had received information that the film might "pose public order problems". The producers refused their request.
Unidentified officials allegedly told the director and cast members that the "higher authorities" had ordered them to release the film and that several exhibitors had told them that the police had ordered them to stop broadcasting. l & # 39; screen. the film.
On March 10, several personalities from the film industry, including actors Aparna Sen and Soumitra Chatterjee, staged a protest against "the attack on freedom of expression". Chatterjee said the decision to withdraw the film was a "fascist act", while the director of the film said he had the right to criticize.
When asked for his answer, Banerjee replied, "Do not ask me such questions", of NDTV .
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