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Shyam Benegal led Censor panel to meet Arun Jaitley on Saturday

The government had on January 1 constituted a committee headed by Benegal to look into the revamp of the Censor Board functioning which has been mired in controversies in recent past.

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The committee headed by eminent filmmaker Shyam Benegal to look into the revamp of the Censor Board will meet Information and Broadcasting minister Arun Jaitley in Mumbai on Saturday.

Benegal, a celebrated filmmaker, told PTI that a "preliminary meeting" of the committee will take place on Saturday and added that members would also have an interaction with Jaitley who will be in Mumbai. The government had on January 1 constituted a committee headed by Benegal to look into the revamp of the Censor Board functioning which has been mired in controversies in recent past.

The panel, which has been asked to submit its report in two months, includes filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, adman Piyush Pandey and film critic Bhawana Somaaya. Apart from them, National Film Development Council MD Nina Lath Gupta and Joint Secretary (Films) Sanjay Murthy would also be a part of the committee. 

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