But before the film goes to the theatre, the scenes ordered cut by us are included in the prints," Ramasami told PTI in an interview here. "Our job ends with the categorisation and certification of the film. They plead innocence and blame persons like the theatre operator for the violations. The violations go unnoticed due to 'lack of effective enforcement' of the act by police and awareness on the part of the public, they said.īesides, certain ambiguities in the act with regard to fixing the responsibility in the case of such offences are exploited by the culprits to escape penal action. Violations of the Cinematograph Act 1952 such as inclusion of the scenes deleted after the film was certified and use of old certifications besides non-display of list of cut portions in cinema halls have become the order of the day, making a mockery of the rule, officials of the board here believe. Paruthiveeran, directed by Ameer Sulthan, was honoured with a 'special mention' from the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) at the 58th Berlin International Film festival while the female lead actor Priyamani bagged the Best Actress award at the 54th National Film Awards for 2007. But a PIL had been filed in the Madras High Court alleging that an uncut version of 10 minute long duration was screened at some places," said Babu Ramasami, Regional Officer of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), which was known as the Censor Board till 1983. "It was about two-minute long scene and we only allowed a still of 12 seconds duration, suggestive of rape. The glaring violations which censor board officials consider as rampant came to fore several months ago when the acclaimed Tamil film 'Paruthiveeram' was dragged to court following allegations that a gang-rape scene in the climax, deleted by the board, was exhibited at some places. V Shrikanth Chennai, Jul 13 (PTI) Explicit scenes of violence and obscenity in films often raises the question what the censor board authorities are doing, but few moviegoers are aware that they could well be watching the uncensored version in theatres.