Bengali movie based on euthanasia theme to hit screen in May

A Bengali film based on the theme of euthanasia is all set to hit the screen in May this year after getting approval from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).

The movie "Pupa" would be probably first on the subject of euthanasia after the Supreme Court had recently recognised a 'living will' made by terminally-ill patients for passive euthanasia.

A five-judge constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Mishra had on March 9 last said passive euthanasia and advance living will are 'permissible.'
He said the revising committee, which consisted of a popular actor and a well known director, did not find anything objectionable in the scenes showing syringe and vials and "found the film's treatment of the issue of mercy killing subtle."
Acharya also thanked the new CBFC Kolkata office head Samrat Bandyopadhyay for "His help in resolving the situation and ensuring the film, which had been screened in the Kolkata International Film Festival 2017, was screened before the Revising Committee in Mumbai on Thursday last."