The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) issued a new set of advisories for filmmakers seeking certification for their films last month. While the new guidelines raised eyebrows, the board made it clear that announced titles and release dates will not be taken into consideration during the process. Amid this, Satluj director Honey Trehan has reacted to the new guidelines, calling the new advisory ‘cowardice and dictatorship’.

Honey Trehan calls out CBFC guidelines

After the news of the new CBFC advisory began doing the rounds, Honey re-posted a poster of his film Satluj shared by Variety India on his Instagram Stories. The poster had ‘New CBFC guidelines for filmmakers’ written on it. Sharing his take on the same, the filmmaker added, “New Guidelines shows and underlines the Cowardness and the Dictatorship in the country, not the Democratic approach towards the freedom of speech.”