Vishal expresses gratitude to PM, I&B Ministry for swift motion on CBFC
MUMBAI: Actor Vishal, who predominantly works in Tamil cinema, had earlier referred to as out the Central Board of Movie Certification in India (CBFC) as he accused them of asking for a bribe to grant the certificates for the Hindi launch of his movie ‘Mark Antony’. Now, after the Ministry of Data & Broadcasting (MIB) assured him of swift motion, the actor thanked the ministry on social media.
The I&B ministry initiated a probe into the claims made by the actor after he alleged that the Central Board of Movie Certification (CBFC) workplace in Mumbai demanded a bribe of Rs 6.5 lakh for the certification of the Hindi dubbed model of ‘Mark Antony’.
On Saturday, Vishal took to his X (previously Twitter), and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the I&B ministry, and Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
The actor wrote on his X: “I sincerely thank @MIB_India for taking fast steps on this essential matter pertaining to corruption concern in #CBFC Mumbai. Thanks very a lot for the mandatory motion taken and positively hoping for this to be an instance for each authorities official who intends to or is a part of corruption and to take the sincere path to serve the nation and never the steps of corruption.”
Vishal additional talked about: “I as soon as once more thank my Prime Minister @narendramodi and Maharashtra CM @mieknathshinde and everybody concerned in bringing out this initiative instantly. It brings a way of satisfaction to a typical man like me and others that justice can be served to people who find themselves victims of corruption, Jai-Hind.”
Earlier, the Ministry of Data & Broadcasting wrote on X: “The difficulty of corruption in CBFC introduced forth by actor @VishalKOfficial is extraordinarily unlucky. The federal government has zero tolerance for corruption and strictest motion can be taken in opposition to anybody discovered concerned.”
They additional talked about of their word, “A senior officer from the Ministry of Data & Broadcasting has been deputed to Mumbai to conduct an inquiry as we speak itself. We request everybody to cooperate with the Ministry, by offering details about every other occasion of harassment by CBFC at [email protected].”
