CBFC member reacts to Mamata Banerjee's ban on The Kerala Story in West Bengal

After the West Bengal government decided to ban The Kerala Story in the state, actor and Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) member Vani Tripathi reacted to it.

After the West Bengal government decided to ban The Kerala Story in the state, actor and Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) member Vani Tripathi reacted to it. In a new interview, Vani said that it is for people to decide and take a call on a film. She also called the move 'undemocratic'.

Speaking with News18, Vani said, “You are taking away the democratic right of the audience, which will decide the fate of the film. You cannot decide it, I cannot decide it, even a producer can’t decide (the fate of the film). It will be the people who will decide if the movie talks to them, whether it creates a bridge between then and what filmmakers are saying."

She added, "Every film does not need to be a tearjerker, there are films which are dark. But again, at the end of the day, we can only certify a film and that is the only plethora of democratic certification in this country. If that is also getting hampered, then bhagwaan hi malik hai (God alone can save it)."