Mumbai, Mar 04: The Bombay High Court has directed Doordarshan to telecast national award winning documentary Father, Son and Holy War within 12 weeks and asked the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to grant licence to film Akrosh on Gujarat riots.
The order was delivered by Justice Ajit Shah and Justice Dhananjay Chandrachud on Wednesday on a petition challenging the decision of CBFC to disallow the screening of film Akrosh and Doordarshan's refusal to telecast documentary Father, Son and Holy War.
The CBFC had refused to grant license to Akrosh on the ground that it was biased and projected a particular community.
However, the director of the film, Ramesh Pimple, argued that during the riots only a particular community was targeted and the film had focussed on this aspect. He denied that the film was biased and said it merely tells the members of the public of the happenings in Gujarat and communal violence unleashed in the state.

The petition urged the court to direct the CBFC to grant license to the film and allow its exhibition. Bureau Report