Tamil actor Vishal Krishna Reddy levels corruption charges against CBFC

Sep 29, 2023

Mumbai, September 29 (ANI): Tamil actor Vishal alleged that the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) in Mumbai took a bribe of Rs 6.5 lakh for the censor certification of the Hindi version of his film ‘Mark Antony’. On September 28, he took to X and dropped a video in which he accused the officials from the CBFC of demanding a bribe of Rs 6.5 lakh in exchange for screening and granting a U/A certificate to his film. "...This is about the scam that has transpired in CBFC Mumbai in relation to my film (Mark Antony)...I would like to address this with Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and PM Modi. We applied online for film certification but we were taken aback by what happened over there in the CBFC office. On Monday, when my person visited the place, there was an option given to us - pay Rs 6.5 Lakhs for certification. We were to send Rs 3 Lakhs first to view the film and then the remaining Rs 3.5 Lakhs for certification...I had no option, I had to pay up. I received the certificate and my film Mark Antony was released in North India. But it is unfortunate. If this is the case in Govt offices, I really request the higher officials to look into this matter..." Tamil actor Vishal said The officials from CBFC are yet to respond on the matter. Mark Antony is a science fiction action comedy film which was released on September 15. It is directed by Adhik Ravichandran and produced by S Vinod Kumar under Mini Studio. The movie stars Vishal and S J Suryah in dual roles