Censored: Introducing Pahlaj Nihalani

Pahlaj Nihalani, CBFC Chairman, has been at the Centre of several controversies after he took the charge.

Pahlaj Nihalani, chairman Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), has been at the Centre of several controversies after he took the charge. A staunch follower of PM Narendra Modi, he was recently in news after CBFC asked filmmaker Suman Ghosh to remove words like cow and Gujarat from his film based on Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen. This is ironic given his record of producing movies with raunchy songs, filled of innuendo. Newsclick takes a look at his tenure so far as CBFC chairman.