Morality Movie

The controversy regarding the amount of vulgarity and violence permissible on screen comes in waves and dies out before any solution can be reached. This time round there are signs of approval and adoption of concrete steps in the form of guidelines to set concrete criteria for demarcation between 'Adult' and 'Universal' ratings. Whatever may be the outcome of the move, the cinema authorities, as also the local police, have to see to it that minors are debarred from entering into halls screening 'Adult' movies. Adequate infrastructure has to be built in this regard. Already some of the multiplexes have started strictly adhering to the policy of examining age-proofs before allowing entry for an 'Adult' movie show. The process may be cumbersome, but it acts a complement to the system of censoring. In the traditional cinema houses, sometimes even parents accompany their minor children to 'Adult' movie shows, especially in case of Hollywood movies, most of which end up getting the 'A' certificate in India. This practice has to be stopped,- otherwise the very purpose of censorship is left unachieved.