Here's all that has changed at CBFC under its new chief Prasoon Joshi

If you are a producer with a film to awaiting clearance, here is what has changed, at the Central Board Of Film Certification (CBFC). You will no longer be informed about the members’ decision immediately after the viewing of the film. The protocol, so far, was to let the producer informally know the decision after a film has been viewed.

CBFC chief Prasoon Joshi has provided a new brief to his board members, to not share the information. The producer will now know the fate of his film only after he gets the certificate.

This new policy might become a cause of concern for producers. Says a filmmaker, “Earlier, we were at least told about the problematic scenes, if any, so we could take care of them. Now, we will be in the dark till the certificate is issued. This way, precious time will be lost. Sometimes we have just two-three days between CBFC viewing a film and its release. This new policy may cause delays.”

This radical decision was taken post the confusion over the cuts in the new Hollywood horror film IT , where the CBFC first ordered as many as 12 cuts, but then restored all of them. Then they asked for three cuts again, before finally settling for one.