Though the 6-minute trailer of Ram Gopal Varma’s proposed web series Guns & Thighs does not fall under the jurisdiction of the Central Board Of Film Certification (CBFC), the CBFC chairperson Pahlaj Nihalani has stepped in to slam what he refers to as Ram Gopal Varma’s “perverse imagination without control or restrain.”

Speaking heatedly about the much-discussed frontal nudity and the hideously obscene dialogues heard in the trailer of Guns & Thighs, Nihalani says, “This is nothing but a licence for filth and perversion. Varma should know that unlimited freedom comes with a great deal of responsibility. We’ve something called self censorship on the internet. In the US self censorship is a prevalent and successful practise as there is fear of the law even on the internet. But our filmmakers know nothing about it. Whether it is Ekta Kapoor, Anurag Kashyap or Ram Gopal Varma they all use the internet to vent their most secret fantasies.”

Nihalani feels the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting immediately needs to step in to stop the unchecked flow of content on the internet. “The I & B ministry must decide what goes on the internet and what does not. Filmmakers like Ram Gopal Varma, Ekta Kapoor and Anurag Kashyap must stop thinking there is unlimited freedom on the internet. Uncensored trailers of films like Kya Kool Hain Hum 3, Mastizaade and Mohalla Assi were removed from the internet after the honourable courts intervened.”

Nihalani ends with a warning for Ram Gopal Varma: “His films are all rejected in the theatres. He will face the same fate on the internet. The morals and profile of the audience at home are no different from their counterpart in theatres.”

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