The film starring Emraan Hashmi, Kalki Koechlin, Huma Qureshi and Konkona Sen Sharma is set for an April 19 release.
Directed by Kannan Iyer, Ek Thi Daayan is a supernatural thriller that revolves around a witch.
Filmmaker-composer Vishal Bharadwaj , who refused to screen his forthcoming co-production Ek Thi Daayan before a women's commission, says only the censor board has the authority to assess a film.
The National Commission for Women (NCW) summoned both the producers - Ekta Kapoor and Bharadwaj - after Ipsita Roy Chakraverti, a Wiccan priestess, filed a complain alleging that the film shows women in regressive roles. They wanted to see the film.
However, Bharadwaj, says if Central Board Of Film Certification (CBFC) has given it a U/A-certificate, after that no one should question it.
Chakraverti had also filed a petition to President Pranab Mukherjee, requesting him to ban the film as it promotes witchcraft.
when reporters asks from Bharwaj He says that
"No one Right to banne the film, If you have the certificate of censor board,I feel no organisation has any right to pressurise us to show the film. Unless the censor board says they want to do something to the film. In the committee, six out of seven people are women and if those six women have given a U/A certificate, then I don't think anyone should demand to watch the film,"
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