Ashfaq Nipun returned the membership of the Censor Board
September 16, 20242 Mins Read
Bangladesh Film Censor Board has been reorganized. A new committee of 15 members was announced on Sunday (September 15) by issuing a notification signed by Saiful Islam, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

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According to the announcement of the reorganization of the Censor Board by the order of the President, the new committee started with the Secretary of the Ministry of Information as the Chairman and the Vice Chairman of the Censor Board as the Member Secretary.

The members of this new committee are filmmaker Zakir Hossain Raju, Ashfaq Nipun, actress Kazi Nowshaba Ahmed, President of Directors Association, Tasmia Afrin Mou (Director), Writer Nazim Uddin, Rafiqul Anwar Russell (Director-Producer).

Meanwhile, filmmaker Ashfaq Nipun returned his membership despite getting a place in the Censor Board for the first time. He confirmed this in a Facebook status on Sunday (September 15) night.

The reason for this is that this producer has been demanding the cancellation of the Censor Board system in the country's films for a long time. That is why he did not accept the membership of the board.

In this regard, Nipun wrote in his Facebook status that the Ministry of Information told me that the Censor Board will be converted into the Censor Certification Board within the next few months. I am forever against Censor Board system in films or industry.

'I feel very honored that the Ministry has deemed me worthy of being a member of the Board. But there has been a mis-communication. I have not accepted the official membership of this board. I returned it politely. I have spoken to the Ministry of Information in this regard.'

Finally, this maker writes, My stand for abolition of Censor Board will always be ongoing. I wish the remaining members of the newly formed Censor Board, who are my colleagues, to abolish their Censor Board and introduce Censor Certification Board or Grading System soon.

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Incidentally, the new committee of the Censor Board which came into force also includes - Managing Director of FDC, Secretary of Law and Justice Department, Press Secretary to the Chief Adviser, Additional Secretary (Films) of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry and a representative (Joint Secretary) of the Public Security Department.