It was Prasoon Joshi’s progressive attitude that got ‘IT’ a fair deal, says Warner Bros India chief

Contrary to reports doing the rounds that the new CBFC, Prasoon Joshi, did a turn around and re-imposed three major cuts in the Hollywood horror film, IT, thereby leading to speculation that his so-called liberal attitude was just an eyewash, the film was given a clean chit at his behest after the Examining Committee offered several cuts. According to Denzil Dias, Vice President and Managing Director, Warner Bros Pictures-India, it was actually Mr Prasoon Joshi’s “liberal and progressive” attitude that saw the film through the CBFC, with just one muted audio cut. “The CBFC Chairperson never reimposed the cuts. If some of those cuts were reimposed, we would not have released the film. The whole issue was misinterpreted. On the contrary, he waived off all the cuts with the exception of a minor audio mute, which was acceptable to us. We are thankful to the Chairman and the CEO for their very progressive thoughts.”

Apparently the Examining Committee members of the CBFC came down heavily on the film when it was first shown to them, after which the makers approached the Revising Committee, presided over by Prasoon Joshi, who was the ninth presiding officer in the RC screening, “The initial …read more