'Jal Gangaajal' gets clearance from FCAT with two minor cuts

Filmmaker Prakash Jha's upcoming "Jai Gangaajal", which was stuck at the censor board, today got a clearance from the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT), which asked for two minor changes in the film.
Censor board chief Pahlaj Nihalani had earlier demanded 11 cuts in the Priyanka Chopra-starrer action drama and had threatened Jha to give the film an 'A' certificate if necessary changes were not made.
Jha said the tribunal today watched the movie and called it "powerful" and so decided not to disrupt it with unnecessary alterations.
"There are just two cuts now but they are very minor. They asked me to just tone down little bit. He (Nihalani) had asked for 11 cuts. Now, we have been allowed everything including the language. There are no objections," Jha told PTI.

"The tribunal appreciated the film and called it a very powerful movie. They said they don't want to disrupt it."
"Jai Gangaajal" is a sequel to Jha's 2003 hit "Gangaajal", which starred Ajay Devgn.

The 63-year-old director had first gone to the examining committee but the members there had a difference of opinion. He then approached the revising committee, which was presided by Nihalani himself.
"I felt so humiliated at the revising committee where he himself was the chairperson. And I had to tell him to stop shouting. His behaviour is bad and so is his thinking. The way he treats producers is humiliating."

Jha, who is known for his films like "Apaharan", "Raajneeti", "Aarakshan" and "Satyagraha", said the methods in which Nihalani works are highly "questionable" and he should know that his behaviour will not be tolerated.
"The censor board is not a menace, it is all Nihalani's personal agenda. He does not understand. His own manipulations and methods are questionable. I hope he gets the signal that these things will not be tolerated," Jha said.
Jha said not everyone in the country can have the same
opinion but at least there is freedom of expression.
"Some channels will speak a different language, some will speak other language. How can everybody be in unison, look at things from the same eye, it's not possible. Thankfully, in our country we have freedom to say whatever we want to, even if it's offensive. I am enjoying this drama," he added.

Even though Jha has made films on relevant issues, the director said he has no plans to make a movie on the JNU issue as of yet.
"Not at all. We have a new idea for our next film and I am working on it. A film cannot be made on this as it is a very small idea... I don't have any plans to make a film on the JNU issue. But yes I am observing everything."
"Jai Gangaajal", directed and co-produced by Jha, revolves around a female police officer, who takes on some powerful and influential men in her district.