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Much soch vichar over Aadhaar
Updated On: 02 February, 2022 06:52 AM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu
With Aadhaar stuck in the cans for a year, director says UIDAI barred release of CBFC-cleared satire citing logo infringement and demanded 28 cuts; pleads studio to join his fight for film’s release
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Almost a year since the scheduled release of Aadhaar was pushed, the film has yet to see the light of day. The Vineet Kumar Singh-starrer was cleared by the Central Board of Film Certification in 2019 and premiered at the Busan International Film Festival the same year. But the satire faced a major roadblock, thanks to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), and film’s producers Jio Studios and Drishyam Films.
The movie is centred on Singh’s character, who after becoming the first person in his village to enrol for the Aadhaar card, finds out from a priest that the serial number on it will cause his wife’s death. He then tries to get his Aadhaar number changed. Though the film was cleared by the CBFC, save for a few expletives, the team held off its release due to the pandemic. But, in January 2021, the makers were issued a notice by the UIDAI, the statutory body managing the Aadhaar card programme, stating that the film can’t be released on grounds of copyright violation, as the makers had allegedly not procured permission to use the Aadhaar logo.
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