Pahlaj Nihalani has always been in limelight ever since he took over the charge of CBFC chief and most of the times, he has been criticized rather than being praised for his work. As usual, he is in news once again for two reasons.
Firstly, there are rumors that CBFC will get a new chief very soon and secondly, CBFC is planning to introduce a complete ban on smoking and drinking liquor in movies.
He talked about both the issues with Quint and this is what he said about his removal from the post of the chief,
“So far I have not heard of any such plans from the government. I am sure my well-wishers are holding their breath. But they can exhale for now. As far as being asked to relinquish my post as the CBFC chairperson is concerned, I leave the decision entirely to the government. It was they who asked me to take over in January 2015. The decision to hire me was a complete surprise to me. I immediately took charge and began working to the best of my abilities. If now I am asked to leave, I’d do so just as swiftly, wishing my successor all the best.”
Here’s what he had to say about the ban on smoking and drinking in films,
“Merely putting a ticker warning at some remote corner of the screen whenever there is smoking or drinking shown, is not enough anymore. We feel the superstars who are followed by millions and who set an example in societal behavior must not be shown drinking or smoking on screen unless the provocation for doing so is really strong.”
However, a board member of CBFC told this to a leading daily on the condition of anonymity,
“We don’t know if this is his personal decision. Nothing has been conveyed to us.”
Twitter also expressed its opinion on the matter of ban on smoking and drinking and here are few selected tweets:
Many have this question:
i am fuming with this and Pahlaj Nihalani saying people cant be shown smoking and drinking in films. are we in KG and he our guardian?
— Aditya (@adityavnathan) July 25, 2017
Sounds true though 😀
Maybe Pahlaj Nihalani is the reason behind the idea of changing Doordarshan logo cuz it looks very similar to "69"
— Drunk BATMAN (@Caped_Humor) July 25, 2017
LOL model:
Pahlaj Nihalani banned smoking/drinking in movies coz he thinks actors are our role model
At what point will he realise he's our lol model?
— PuNsTeR™ (@Pun_Starr) July 25, 2017
Well pointed-out!
https://twitter.com/mac_thimmaiah/status/889833542179598337
Here again:
Without smoking, drinking, etc how a film will be made? All stories have their bad side, can't imagine a story without bad character, plot..
— Bimal Prasad Mohapatra (@bimal_pr) July 25, 2017
Replacement of Pahlaj Nihalani:
https://twitter.com/sagarcasm/status/889729814940106752
Please stop it:
Dear Pahlaj Nihalini ,
Everyone is Having sex , Drinking and Smoking . Except you .
Stop being a jealous bitch . https://t.co/VGOUbZtBBz— Angry Bombay Girl (@shadymumbai) July 26, 2017
Solid insult:
https://twitter.com/lindsaypereira/status/890104501314752514
LOL 😀
Pahlaj Nihalani bans drinking in movies.
New age Devdas movie will have Devdas getting high drinking Gaumutra 😋😋
— Poly Sarkar 👩🚀 (@polysmind) July 26, 2017
This user demanded a ban on Nihalani:
@smritiirani can you please ban #PahlajNihalani ?
— amit (@a_m_i_t_k_s) July 25, 2017
Exactly!
इनके बिना तो औसत भारतीय की जिंदगी और फिल्में बेमानी है
— Soami Mool Anand (@mcgautam) July 25, 2017
The day is not far when he would say..
https://twitter.com/ananyachakrab11/status/889820056208556038
He needs a treatment:
Bhai is Aadmi ka kuch ilaaj karo…. #PahlajNihalani
— Vinayak (@vinayakappu) July 25, 2017
Solid insult:
चच्चा, बाटली मार के आफिस जाते हो या आफिस में ही मारते हो???
— Amit Verma (@amit_ili) July 25, 2017
ROFL 😀 😉
pahlaj nahlani
ke baap pe case karo— Lalo Salamanca (@1LaloSalamanca) July 25, 2017
Alok Nath in disguise:
Are you alok nath in disguise pahlaj ?
— thissinghisfromthighland (@Nicks592) July 25, 2017
How about shaking hands?
How about banning shaking hands too?! Bloody perverted this hand shaking!😂
— Dr Arvind Mayaram اروند مایارام अरविंद मायाराम (@MayaramArvind) July 24, 2017
What is your take on this matter?
