Objectification of women a strict no-no

Objectification of women is a non-negotiable clause under the terms and conditions laid by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), headed by noted lyricist, screenwriter and poet Prasoon Joshi, committee member Vani Tripathi said, on Sunday.

Addressing a gathering at Aaj Tak's literary fest, Sahitya AajTak, in New Delhi, Tripathi enumerated various incidents where the CBFC stood up a filmmaker just because his movie had an 'ill-intentioned' item number.

Bollywood has been notorious for objectifying women and recent strides in feminism in films have not done much to erase that streak. Richa Chadha, a part of the panel also comprising Tripathi and filmmaker Anubhav Sinha, spoke about how many filmmakers even today treat women as flesh.