Reference to 'Khasi' made the Censors sit up: Director

With 'Khashi Katha', starring Naseeruddin Shah, getting critical acclaim in the wake of release after over two years, director Judhajit Sarkar recalls many hurdles including the Censor Board questioning the use of goat, the protagonist of the film.
"I still remember how the Censor wanted to know if any real Goat had been used in the film since the use of animals for shooting is prohibited. I had great difficulty in convincing them it was only created graphically," Judhajit told PTI here today.
The goat, voice-over of which was given by comedian Kanchan Mallick, brokes into soliloquy facing slaughter and turns into the mirror of the surrounding world inhabited by women.

Gaandu, Taser Desh maker Q said, "It is a non-reverential comedy where the director opens the lid to show the festering wounds of the society."
"The simple narrative contrasts with the allegorical use of 'Khasi', as the film wrenches us from our confort zones to face realities," Q, one of the leading Independent film makers said.
It is a satiricial spoof of society, and happy with films like 'Khasi Katha' and 'Baari Tar Bangla' now changing the course of Bengali cinema, Gourav Chakraborty, Apur Panchali's chronicler of events, said.