At
loggerheads with the health ministry for a year now, the information and
broadcasting (I&B) ministry finally seems to have wrought out a
solution to contentious issues cropping from the depiction of smoking
scenes in films.
It has now been decided that one of the major actors in the film would issue a 20-second-long health message in the form of a voiceover before the start of the film, and just after the interval stating that he or she does not support smoking. The actor would also explain that smoking is being depicted in the movie solely due to script compulsions
It has now been decided that one of the major actors in the film would issue a 20-second-long health message in the form of a voiceover before the start of the film, and just after the interval stating that he or she does not support smoking. The actor would also explain that smoking is being depicted in the movie solely due to script compulsions
Besides this, an anti-smoking disclaimer would roll onscreen during the movie scene.
This decision puts an end to a one-year-old ministerial tussle on the lines of the right to creative freedom pitted against health rights.
The issue was sparked off on October 27, after a health ministry notification prohibited scenes depicting tobacco usage in films.
This decision puts an end to a one-year-old ministerial tussle on the lines of the right to creative freedom pitted against health rights.
The issue was sparked off on October 27, after a health ministry notification prohibited scenes depicting tobacco usage in films.
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