Pahlaj Nihalani

" 'Rangeela Raja' is the name of the film because Mallya is a colourful man."

"The lobbying was against me and not the CBFC"

It means Nihalani will release the movie across the world through his company.

Under Nihalani, makers of the film titled ‘Yeh Jantantra Hai: An Insignificant Man’, Khusboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla, were asked to get no-objection-certificates since they used “real footage” of the PM.

His tenure, however, is best known as one with a strings of controversies, with movie-goers and filmmakers accusing him of moral policing.

'Then another CBFC board member said 'ye to pant shirt pehne huye hain woman thodi hain'

"Fine, let the makers of Jab Harry Met Sejal get me one lakh endorsements of the word ‘intercourse’ on a news channel."

The CBFC chief asked them to delete all references to the BJP and the Congress and to get NOCs from Modi, Kejriwal and Sheila Dixit.

A CBFC Board member said that the subject of the movie is controversial and it is unsuitable to be viewed by children.

Pahlaj Nihalani on why Bollywood producers and distributors would do well to defer the release of their upcoming movies till December 30