Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, who has a history of run-ins with the Censor Board, said, "though the monitoring body of late has been quite lenient, we can very well even do away with it."
"Of late the Censor Board is adopting a very lenient outlook towards movies. Or else, it would have been difficult to get a movie like `Dev D` released," Anurag, who was here at the Mumbai Film Festival said.
"However, it is better if one does away with the board completely or else the freedom of a filmmaker becomes very
limited," he added.
"A director like me has to think a lot as to how far I can push the envelope. The constraints have to be taken into consideration or else the movie may court trouble with the Censor," Anurag said.
The 37-year-old director, known for his movies like `Gulal`, `Black Friday` added that the directors today need to raise issues and hold a mirror to the society.
Drawing a parallel, the film-maker said, while a movie like `Death of George Bush` could be made in Hollywood even when the former President was alive, he would not be in a position to make a movie on MNS Chief Raj Thackeray here.
"Even discussing the issue may land a film-maker in problem," Anurag said.
The critically acclaimed director pointed out that the cinema in smaller countries is still considered as an art and not as a means to mint money.
"Movies from such places are taken more seriously at international foray while, in India, cinema has manifested itself into a big industry today," he said.
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