Battle for Banaras may be cleared
Ravi Shanker Kapoor | April 11, 2016 3:34 pm
Indian Bollywood film producer Pahlaj Nihalani attends an event to honour politician and former finance minister Yashwant Sinha, who was conferred the Officer of the Legion of Honour in New Delhi earlier in the week, in Mumbai late on June 23, 2015. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Last year, a documentary filmmaker, Kamal Swaroop, submitted Dance of Democracy-Battle for Banaras to the Central Board of Film Certification. The documentary was based on the electoral fight between Narendra Modi and Arvind Kejriwal in May 2014. The Board, under more loyal-than-the-king Pahlaj Nihalani, summarily rejected the film.
Swaroop filed an appeal at the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal. According to sources, the appellate is favorably disposed towards the filmmaker and is likely to clear it.
