It’s a well-known fact that our Censor Board’s “rule book” changes for every movie. However, it is especially disappointing and shocking to see them issue two different certificates to two films released just three weeks apart.
The Censor Board, which gave a “U/A” certificate to the film “Kingdom,” released by Sitara last Thursday, despite it having more violence than Dil Raju’s “Thammudu,” which received an “A” certificate for its higher degree of violence, is surprising.
Giving a clean “U/A” certificate to film Kingdom is certainly objectionable.
In fact, it seems they are merely giving certificates to films in a perfunctory way based on their “convenience” and washing their hands of it. There are no signs that they are paying any attention to whether the certificates they issue are being added to posters and trailers or correctly displayed at theaters.
For example, if a film is given an “A” certificate, it means it is “for adults only.” If a “U/A” is given, it means children should only be allowed inside theaters with an adult. But these rules are never followed.
There are also criticisms that the Censor Board remains unbothered even when “scenes and dialogues” removed during censorship are still shown in theaters.
The Censor Board must stop this double standard people lose their confidence in them.
