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Watch Pahlaj Nihalani's exclusive flashback interview with senior most journalist Bharathi S Pradhan on Lehren as the veteran film producer goes unfiltered on his controversial CBFC (Central Board of Film Certification) chairperson post exit, Former Minister of Information and Broadcasting Smriti Irani, film industry politics & also discloses the unknown backstory behind passing CBFC certificates to movies like Indu Sarkar, Bajrangi Bhaijaan & Udta Punjab... Pahlaj Nihalani ji has left for his heavenly abode at the age of 76 on 4th June, 2026 due to prolonged illness & liver cirrhosis, May his soul rest in peace... #pahlajnihalani #smritiirani #bajrangibhaijaan #udtapunjab #indusarkar #cbfc #ektaakapoor

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00:06Bajrangi Bhajjahan
00:07The work is a friend
00:07Otherwise, no one is here
00:10Bajrangi Bhajjahan
00:11I have a ministry
00:13because of the title
00:15and it was Eid and other things
00:16There was also a message that
00:18this picture should not come up with the Eid
00:21First time I am telling you
00:23on your channel on YouTube
00:25that Bharti with I am confessing
00:27Ministry has told me not to pass this picture
00:30Urta Punjab
00:31Is it because of lipstick
00:33Ekta Kapoor and Smriti Rani's
00:36friendship with Ekta
00:37that you were removed from your post?
00:40Hindu Sarkar was a main issue
00:42Our Smriti Rani always is an issue
00:49Looking really relaxed
00:51The pleasure that
00:53I am enjoying
00:55after 31 months
00:58Tension free
00:59Okay
01:00So are you a relaxed fan or is there regret?
01:03Jiske Kanto ka taj
01:04nikal jaya toh kitni khushi hoti baati you must be
01:10Jiske Kanto ka taj
01:1219th january ko in hua
01:14Aur ab jam 11th august ko
01:16Kaise out hua
01:18Same media ke throo malum pada
01:20Or media ke throo malum pada
01:20Achai you got to know from the media?
01:22Yeah from media only
01:23That you are no longer the
01:24sense about chief
01:25No
01:26And though I was sitting in CBFC itself
01:28On friday because friday ko jitna bhi
01:31Certificates hoti thai
01:32I sign karke last man
01:34But why is it that five months before your tenure was over
01:38You were asked to leave
01:40Isna kya change ho gya ki
01:415 mahi nek before you leave
01:43Your job
01:45Industry ko muchse ziaadha tum janti ho
01:48Kitne dost hoote hai
01:49Kitne dushman hoote hai
01:50Jab dost hoote hai
01:51Toh kiise hoote hai
01:52Kaam hoote hai
01:53Toh dost hai
01:53Isko hi yahan pe kisi ka dost nahi hai
01:56Right
01:56Lekin yahan pe hamesha dekha jata hai ki
01:58Kisii ko kis tari se mara jaya
02:00Competition hai
02:02Back biting
02:03General industry mein
02:04Humaree shuruo se rahi hai
02:05So it's a open game
02:06It's nothing to hide
02:08Correctly
02:09Toh jahan peh
02:10Jitnye loog khush huye
02:12Jho jinka
02:13Jho delay certification peh hothi thi
02:16Ya
02:16Jho corruption thi
02:18Logo ne bhoot paisee deke
02:19Even ek promo ko
02:21Pacheesh pacheesh azaar rupiah
02:22Dekke
02:22Ek ek din mein
02:23Jho na
02:25Certificate liya hai
02:26Jho jho loog chila raha dhe
02:27Jho ek curse word ki
02:29Jho list nikali
02:30Jho two thousand three mein nikali thi
02:32Curse words ki
02:33Jho internal circulation thi
02:35Woh list jho hai
02:37Bahar nikali
02:38Jho two thousand
02:38Manei nahi naihi banai thi
02:40Jho two thousand
02:41Acha woh jho curse words
02:42Jho loog bhoot hap ko
02:43Bhoot hap ko
02:44Bhooti hap ko flak milla
02:45Us me
02:45Complaints bhoot aaya
02:46Woh meri meri banai yuri list naihi thi
02:48Two thousand three ki
02:49Internally
02:50Jho hai
02:51Divedi
02:52Jho hai
02:53Lankeshwar
02:54Ravan ji
03:23Jho hai
03:34Jho hai
03:36Jho hai
03:51Jho hai
03:51Very first day
03:52There was only hang up is the
03:55Indu Sarkar
03:56Indu Sarkar was a main issue
03:58Aar Simriti Rani always is a issue
04:01Jis bhi ministry mein gayi hai she has shown her presence
04:05She has dominated the thing and here I was a completely man who was completely in the media
04:14Definitely
04:15Definitely
04:15Mujhe girane mein
04:16Mujhe girane mein kitna time lagega
04:18Then finally she told me why not clearing the film Indu Sarkar without cut
04:24Okay
04:25I said I will go with the procedure but now picture is on the tribunal
04:30Tribunal mein hai tribunal mein aap clear karvao
04:32So you mean to say Indu Sarkar was the main
04:36I think so because
04:38What is the main reason for you
04:39Jho hai
04:40And she wants to show the presence in the INB ministry
04:44Okay
04:45But INB ministry mein mujhse bar kar kon bada target ho sakta hai
04:49Toh mujhe matab nikalne ka reason kya
04:52Even you don't know
04:53No reason yehi hai ki because
04:55I have not listened to her
04:57I have not cleared the Indu Sarkar without cut
05:00Okay
05:01Okay
05:01So that's the only thing
05:03That's what you would think
05:04Only now
05:05Because she has registered the thing
05:07She is a powerful minister wherever she goes
05:10Okay
05:11And she knows the industry more than me
05:13What about lipstick under my workah
05:15Lipstick was a refuse in the EC
05:17Yeah
05:17Okay
05:18She has adopted the revising committee
05:20Yes
05:21Revising mein bhi refuse hui
05:22Okay
05:23And uske baad tribunal mein ga hai
05:25Tribunal mein picture pass hui
05:26And it's doing well
05:27It did very good business
05:28Okay
05:28But it did good business
05:30See because
05:31I don't consider this thing
05:33Agar yeh picture madab itni publicity nahi milti
05:35Agar yeh sume nahi hota toh yeh no show ho jati
05:38Is it because of lipstick Ekta Kapoor and Smriti Rani's friendship with Ekta
05:43That you were removed from your post
05:46Five months before your tenure got over
05:48Dekhiye mein nahi kahunga
05:49Na esmen Ekta ka koi hat hai
05:51Nahi hai
05:52Nahi hai
05:53Okay
05:53Na esmen Akshya ka bhi naam aya
05:56Uska ki Akshya bhi gya
05:58Uska baarat
06:00Uska baarat
06:26Uska baarat ke naam pe ja ke complain di
06:27Uska baarat
06:29Uska baarat
06:30Uska baarat
06:41Uska baarat
06:43Okay
06:43After that revising committee mein date thi
06:50Uska baarat
06:53Uska baarat
06:58Uska baarat
07:00Uska baarat
07:10Uska baarat
07:13Uska baarat
07:14Uska baarat
07:34Uska baarat
07:40Uska baarat
07:44Uska baarat
07:51Uska baarat
07:53Uska baarat
07:58I have written three letters. And I got the letter from the ministry that you see the picture according to
08:05the guideline.
08:05So, they told you not to pass Bajrangi Bhaijant. They told you to ban Urtta Punjab.
08:11You did? Yes. I got the letter from home ministry.
08:13Because of the law and order situation. Don't pass it.
08:16Don't pass it. You have to see the thing.
08:20It's a technical word. So, I have gone out of it.
08:24To accommodate the industry. I was aware that the subject of misunderstanding in government and media is nothing else.
08:33And I have supported it. Then also industry has not… Salman Khan or other things. They were after me.
08:39I am the villain of the Salman Khan. I am the villain of the director.
08:43Mr. Kabir Khan.
08:47Because he is a useless fellow. He is completely unprofessional.
08:56He has always spoke against me. Kabir Khan.
09:01Without any reason, without any problems. He has faced any problem with the thing.
09:07Whatever it is, whatever it is, whatever it is, whatever it is, whatever it is, whatever it is, they didn't
09:11get the problem.
09:12If you cannot give a good picture with Salman Khan today, he is a superstar, then where you stand?
09:19N.S.T.N. Pahler Refuse, which wasn't my role.
09:22You had nothing to do.
09:23That means that it is not. On the country revising committee. I have passed that picture.
09:27Okay.
09:27Even the cuss word that was in my circle in English, that was in the context, I also had to
09:33pass it.
09:34So where is the problem?
09:36I didn't notice this because they had to promote their films.
09:40They had to highlight their films and support them from Ashok Pandit.
09:46So I have become a villain.
09:47And the popularity of Anora Keshav Braini is a person.
09:51Because they have made many films.
09:53Everyone knows in the industry.
09:555 films of Tutu Sharma have been released today.
09:58Tutu Sharma is a fan of the film.
10:01My friend is a fan of the film.
10:02There are many pictures.
10:04It's no smoking.
10:05There are many things that come out.
10:08And they have fought in every film.
10:11From Ganga Wasipur.
10:12They had cuts.
10:14They were cut.
10:15They were cut.
10:16But if any CEO did not have any sign in the file.
10:20They had cuts.
10:21They had cuts in the committee.
10:24But the final certificate and picture was cut.
10:28So it was a manipulation.
10:30Okay.
10:30So they have managed and manipulated the whole thing.
10:33But this is a very big exam.
10:35No.
10:35Because I have seen the file myself.
10:38So you mean to say Anurag manipulated this?
10:41Yeah.
10:42Definitely.
10:43To get Gangs of Wasipur certified with the curse word.
10:46Curse word.
10:47Which had not been.
10:48Which were not passed initially.
10:49That was a word.
10:51Bombay.
10:51That was Mumbai.
10:53And after that he has made Bombay Velvet.
10:57So it was 60.
10:58Because Bombay was passed.
11:00That was not my hand.
11:03Bombay Velvet.
11:03He never had controversy in Bombay Velvet.
11:05Because it was a big strike.
11:07Food and Freak.
11:07Maybe the film that's not being cut off,
11:10or the fuck out.
11:12No.
11:12That's not being ruled.
11:13Or vulgar content.
11:15Like Haram Kaur.
11:16Teacher' and his story.
11:19Nawazud Shah.
11:20That was the film that didn't work.
11:21The marketing of the film that didn't work on it.
11:22The film that had not been published.
11:25Really.
11:30I think he's a very nice man.
11:41All the best, all the best.
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