Well-known Tamil film actor Vishal has accused two officials of the Mumbai office of the Censor Board of taking a bribe of Rs 6.5 lakh in exchange for passing the film. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting seems to be strict in this matter and has said that an officer will be sent to Mumbai to investigate the allegations.
This matter started gaining momentum on Friday, a day after Vishal’s tweet. Many celebs called the allegations serious. Now the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has tweeted and said about investigation. The ministry tweeted, “The issue of corruption raised by actor Vishal in CBFC (Censor Board) is very unfortunate. A senior officer of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is being sent to Mumbai today itself, so that the matter can be investigated.”
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has said in its statement that other people, with whom such incidents have happened by CBFC, can give information about those incidents on jsfilms.inb@nic.in.
The issue of corruption in CBFC brought forth by actor @VishalKOfficial is extremely unfortunate.
The Government has zero tolerance for corruption and strictest action will be taken against anyone found involved. A senior officer from the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
— Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (@MIB_India) September 29, 2023
Also read: Who is South actor Vishal? Who accused the Censor Board of taking bribe
What are Vishal’s allegations?
Vishal is a famous actor of Tamil films. He made a tweet on Thursday evening, in which serious allegations were made against the Mumbai office of CBFC (Censor Board). He also shared a video of his, in which the entire story has been narrated. Vishal claims that he had to pay a bribe of Rs 6.5 lakh to get the Hindi version of his film Mark Antony passed by the Censor Board.
#Corruption being shown on silver screen is fine. But not in real life. Can’t digest. Especially in government offices. And even worse happening in #CBFC Mumbai office. Had to pay 6.5 lacs for my film #MarkAntonyHindi version. 2 transactions. 3 Lakhs for screening and 3.5 Lakhs for pic.twitter.com/3pc2RzKF6l
— Vishal (@VishalKOfficial) September 28, 2023
According to Vishal, he gave Rs 3 lakh to two officials of the Censor Board for the screening of the film and Rs 3 lakh 50 thousand for the certification of the film. Vishal said that he was forced to pay because yesterday was the release date of his film. Expressing anger over corruption in the Censor Board, he said that it is fine if it happens in films, but it should not happen in real life. In his post he has also shared the names of two people and their account numbers.
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