Heading the Censor Board is a challenge: Sharmila Tagore 21st Oct 2004
10.16 IST
By ApunKaChoice Bureau
Describing herself as an apolitical person, veteran actress Sharmila Tagore has said that she agreed to head the Indian Central Board of Film Certification, known as the Censor Board, as it is a challenge and an opportunity.
"I am completely apolitical person. I see it (the offer to head the Censor Board) as a challenge and opportunity. I took my own time before I said Yes," she said in an interview to a news agency in London.
Asked whether she had any plans to reorganize the Censor Board, Sharmila said: "I am not in a position to talk about it. It carries certain responsibilities with it. We should start working on it, understand it and let one's work speak for itself."
Asked to comment on the way her predecessor, Anupam Kher was sacked, Sharmila, who balanced her career between 'art films' and popular cinema, said: "I have nothing but respect for Anupam Kher who is a friend of mine. Kiron Kher , Anupam's wife, is also a friend.
"I have worked with Anupam. He is a wonderful actor. More than that I can't say because I'm really unaware of the background and what has transpired. He is a reasonable man."
On what was her first reaction on receiving the news, she said: "My first reaction was to ask them a few questions - what it involved, if there was any existing policy, whether I'm supposed to play a passive role and who are all going to be in my team."
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Heading the Censor Board is a challenge: Sharmila Tagore
