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Anupam optimistic about his new job as censor board chief
Mumbai, Oct 09: Newly-appointed censor board chief and renowned film actor Anupam Kher today said it was a great honour coupled with a deep sense of responsibility.
Mumbai, Oct 09: Newly-appointed censor board chief and renowned film actor Anupam Kher today said it was a great honour coupled with a deep sense of responsibility.
"This is a great honour bestowed upon me and I feel it
has brought along a tremendous sense of responsibility," Kher,
also a prominent theatre personality, told here.
"I am looking forward to the post as a positive aspect of life and I am very optimistic about my new job," he said.
"However, it will not be an individual effort, I will be working with an advisory board, drawn from people of various walks of life and I hope that my team and I will come forth with some positive work," he added.
To a question whether the job entails moral policing, he said, "Who is talking about moral policing? The country has given every individual the freedom of expression but at the same time the act also carries a set of restrictions."
"There have been certain norms laid down long back and which have been subsequently revised," he said.
To a query whether the new censor chief would be a "liberal" one, he said, "It depends upon how one interprets liberal. One has to strike a balance. I feel a film maker must be comfortable but at the same time, he or she cannot forget the ethos and the value system of the country," he added.
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"I am looking forward to the post as a positive aspect of life and I am very optimistic about my new job," he said.
"However, it will not be an individual effort, I will be working with an advisory board, drawn from people of various walks of life and I hope that my team and I will come forth with some positive work," he added.
To a question whether the job entails moral policing, he said, "Who is talking about moral policing? The country has given every individual the freedom of expression but at the same time the act also carries a set of restrictions."
"There have been certain norms laid down long back and which have been subsequently revised," he said.
To a query whether the new censor chief would be a "liberal" one, he said, "It depends upon how one interprets liberal. One has to strike a balance. I feel a film maker must be comfortable but at the same time, he or she cannot forget the ethos and the value system of the country," he added.
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