Jackky Bhagnani Praises CBFC For Their 'Fairness' Amid Tamil Star Vishal's Accusations

Actor-turned-producer Jackky Bhagnani praised the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) in a recent post on X (previously known as Twitter). Jackky, who is among the producers at Pooja Entertainment, expressed his gratitude towards the Censor Board in the post. The post came shortly after Tamil actor Vishal had made shocking allegations against the CBFC. The actor had accused the board of taking a bribe of Rs 6.5 lakhs in exchange of a Censor ceritificate for the Hindi version of the film Mark Antony.

Taking to the social media platform, Jackky shared, “We want to thank the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) and @mib_india for consistently supporting us. We appreciate your fairness in all our work throughout the years.”

This is not the first time that Jackky weighed in on the corruption charges against the Censor Board. Speaking with ANI on Friday, the Ganapath producer said, “Mere hisaab se CBFC se better board humko kabhi nahi feel hua. Mere saath ye kabhi experience nahi hua hai. Toh I would not like to comment on this. I have not even heard what Vishal has said, so I would not like to comment on that. And I feel that jab saaf safai ki baat kar rahe hain na toh gandagi ki baat nahi karte.”

For the unversed, last week, Vishal accused the board of taking money Rs 3 lakh for screening and Rs 3.5 lakh to obtain a U/A certificate. Speaking with News18 Showsha exclusively, Vishal said, “I had two reasons to pay Rs 6.5 lakh. One was to get my film released because a lot was at stake. That’s the price I paid to get the truth out. It was very alarming. I’ve never faced something like this in my career. I can’t fight against corruption only on the silver screen. I got to see corruption in real life and that too in a government office. They can’t take money from producers so casually to justify giving them a certificate. I’m not doing an adult or a porn film. I was applying for a film that was already been certified and released in South India. Maybe I went there late. But Rs 6.5 lakh for a certificate?”

Censor Board reacted to the claims shortly after. “We have taken note of the allegations being reported very seriously and CBFC has zero tolerance for corruption. Also, the strictest action will be taken against anyone found involved and we shall get into the root cause. Meanwhile, any attempt to malign the image of CBFC will not be tolerated,” a part of CBFC’s statement read.

Meanwhile, Jackky is preparing to release his upcoming film Ganapath. The film stars Tiger Shroff, Kriti Sanon and Amitabh Bachchan.