Mumbai, Sept 4: Reportedly, the promos of Shahid Kapoor starrer Mausam are in the eye of the storm. The reason? One of the trailers has a shot of a cow passing by in one of the frames. This 'passing' has apparently resulted in the trailers not being cleared by the board. The Censor Board has now asked the Mausam producers to obtain clearance from the Animal Welfare Board.
The film's producer Sheetal Talwar, who is ready to obtain permission for the same, is also enraged at the same time. He was candid enough to accept the fact that any shot of an animal in a film has to be cleared by the Animal Welfare Board. For which, he also cited the permission that was sought for his last film Rakht Charitra, in which they had obtained clearance from the Board for random street dogs that wandered into the frame. What he fails to understand is that, for one passing shot of a cow in the frame, why are all the other teaser trailers being held back.
Meanwhile, Pankaja Thakur, CEO of the Censor Board, said that JP Singh, the Regional Officer (Mumbai) has examined the promos, and has cleared all the same. She also added that, besides this, the Animal Welfare Board's NOC (No Objection Certificate) is required in order to show animals on screen.
Further details are awaited.
