<p>Amid a raging row over Kamal Haasan's film "Vishwaroopam", the Centre on Thursday decided to have a relook at the Cinematograph Act and set up a committee to make the law more robust to ensure movies do not get stuck after clearances by the film certification board.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari noted that the Act needed to be revisited to remove uncertainty with regard to a movie even after it has been cleared by the Central Board of Film Certification. <br /><br />He told reporters that he has asked the information and broadcasting secretary to form a committee to have a relook at the Act and see if there is a need to amend it.<br /><br />Tewari said the committee will look into whether there is a need to make the "statutory architecture or the regulatory framework" of the Act more "robust" to ensure that the CBFC decision is implemented by the states.<br />As per the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution, the Centre has powers to certify a film to be either fit or unfit for exhibition.<br /><br />"The Central government exercises those powers through the Central Board of Film Certification(CBFC). Once the CBFC comes to a certain conclusion, then it is expected that the state governments would implement that decision as this exclusively falls under the Centre's jurisdiction," he said.<br /><br /> His observation comes against the backdrop of Vishwaroopam being banned by the J Jayalalitha-led Tamil Nadu government despite the Censor Board's clearance.</p>
<p>Amid a raging row over Kamal Haasan's film "Vishwaroopam", the Centre on Thursday decided to have a relook at the Cinematograph Act and set up a committee to make the law more robust to ensure movies do not get stuck after clearances by the film certification board.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari noted that the Act needed to be revisited to remove uncertainty with regard to a movie even after it has been cleared by the Central Board of Film Certification. <br /><br />He told reporters that he has asked the information and broadcasting secretary to form a committee to have a relook at the Act and see if there is a need to amend it.<br /><br />Tewari said the committee will look into whether there is a need to make the "statutory architecture or the regulatory framework" of the Act more "robust" to ensure that the CBFC decision is implemented by the states.<br />As per the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution, the Centre has powers to certify a film to be either fit or unfit for exhibition.<br /><br />"The Central government exercises those powers through the Central Board of Film Certification(CBFC). Once the CBFC comes to a certain conclusion, then it is expected that the state governments would implement that decision as this exclusively falls under the Centre's jurisdiction," he said.<br /><br /> His observation comes against the backdrop of Vishwaroopam being banned by the J Jayalalitha-led Tamil Nadu government despite the Censor Board's clearance.</p>