Kamal Haasan & Gautam Ghosh included in Shyam Benegal Committee Kamal Haasan & Gautam Ghosh included in Shyam Benegal Committee

Actor-filmmaker Kamal Hassan and director Gautam Ghosh have been inducted in theShyam Benegal committee that has been set up by the government to holistically look into the functioning of controversy ridden Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).

• Committee Members: Shyam Benegal – Chairman, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Piyush Pandey and Bhawana Somayaa.

On Jan 1, 2016 the Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry set up the panel under the chairmanship of Shyam Benegal to review the provisions of theCinematograph Act, 1952 and recommend measures for the smooth run of CBFC.