New Delhi, Jan 7: Writer-director Bikas Ranjan is disheartened with the cuts in his debut movie Chauranga and says that the Censor Board played spoilsport by chopping off scenes.
“You can make a film here as there is no dearth of talent but getting it released is a difficult thing. As the Censor Board plays spoilsport by chopping off the film. Censor Board is a curse for filmmakers,” the director said.
“In Chauranga, there were certain scenes that they wanted to be deleted. There was a lovemaking scene. Then they objected to the use of cuss words and a scene involving a dalit boy being tormented. They wanted us to delete all of this.”
Bikas faced several difficulties like getting actors and producers on board for releasing the film.
“There were difficulties like finding right actors and producers. But the most difficult part is to release the film. I think to screen the film here is difficult as we have censor board and animal welfare board to think of,” he said.
Chauranga is the story of a smitten young boy Santu, who gets in trouble for writing a love letter to a girl belonging to an upper caste in a remote village.
As a first-time director Bikas feels the cuts are disheartening and discouraging for one’s creativity. PTI
