This Article is From Mar 13, 2013

Will item numbers prove to be too Badmaash for the film board?

Will item numbers prove to be too Badmaash for the film board?

Priyanka Chopra in a still from her item number Badmash Babli. This picture was posted on Twitter by @desibox

Highlights

  • The Central Board of Film Certification has now decided to scrutinise item numbers on screen and it seems that Priyanka Chopra's Badmaash babli is at the head of the queue.
  • Even as Bollywood's leading ladies look set to jump on the item bandwagon, the days of item numbers may be numbered. Sheila and Munni may have danced with abandon, but Badmaash babli may have to keep those moves under wraps, at least till the clock strikes 11.
  • The Central Board of Film Certification has now reportedly decided to give an A certification to item songs, including Badmaash babli from the film Shootout At Wadala. It's a move which has the film industry rather rattled as it will prevent promos of item songs from being run in primetime slots thus affecting the marketing of a film, or so filmmakers claim.
  • Tanuj Garg of Balaji Motion Pictures says, "After submitting Babli Badmaash for certification, we were informed that it would get an 'A' because it was an item track. We were shocked and informed the CBFC that the industry was not aware of such a rule. We were later told that there was no blanket directive; songs would be certified according to their content."
  • But perhaps the lovely ladies won't have to retire those blingy outfits just yet. The CBFC claims there is no blanket ban on item numbers as of now and each dance number will be certified on an individual basis. CBFC Chairperson Leela Samson says, "I would like to unambiguously clarify that no such decision has been taken, either by the board or by the ministry, nor is such a move being contemplated. The guidelines governing certification of films, trailers, or any part thereof simply state that they will be certified depending on the age-group of audiences that they are suitable for."
  • But in the meantime what happens to Badmaash babli? Will Babli... be cleared by the board's revising committee or will she get an A? And judging from her name, that's a grade Badmaash babli certainly isn't interested in!
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New Delhi: The Central Board of Film Certification has now decided to scrutinise item numbers on screen and it seems that Priyanka Chopra's Badmaash babli is at the head of the queue.

Even as Bollywood's leading ladies look set to jump on the item bandwagon, the days of item numbers may be numbered. Sheila and Munni may have danced with abandon, but Badmaash babli may have to keep those moves under wraps, at least till the clock strikes 11.

The Central Board of Film Certification has now reportedly decided to give an A certification to item songs, including Badmaash babli from the film Shootout At Wadala. It's a move which has the film industry rather rattled as it will prevent promos of item songs from being run in primetime slots thus affecting the marketing of a film, or so filmmakers claim.

Tanuj Garg of Balaji Motion Pictures says, "After submitting Babli Badmaash for certification, we were informed that it would get an 'A' because it was an item track. We were shocked and informed the CBFC that the industry was not aware of such a rule. We were later told that there was no blanket directive; songs would be certified according to their content."

But perhaps the lovely ladies won't have to retire those blingy outfits just yet. The CBFC claims there is no blanket ban on item numbers as of now and each dance number will be certified on an individual basis. CBFC Chairperson Leela Samson says, "I would like to unambiguously clarify that no such decision has been taken, either by the board or by the ministry, nor is such a move being contemplated. The guidelines governing certification of films, trailers, or any part thereof simply state that they will be certified depending on the age-group of audiences that they are suitable for."

But in the meantime what happens to Badmaash babli? Will Babli... be cleared by the board's revising committee or will she get an A? And judging from her name, that's a grade Badmaash babli certainly isn't interested in!

Watch video

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