Zee Entertainment Enterprises, which is a co-producer of Kangana Ranaut's film "Emergency", told the Bombay High Court on Thursday that it was working out with the Censor Board the issues over the issuance of a certificate for the movie.
A battle with the Central Board of Film Certification, popularly known as the censor board, for not issuing a certificate for the movie's release has dogged the movie, scheduled for a September 6 release. Last week, the CBFC told the high court that the movie could be released if certain cuts were made as decided by the board's revising committee.
The issues are being worked out, senior counsel Sharan Jagtiani told the division bench of Justices B P Colabawalla and Firdosh Pooniwalla on Thursday.
"I believe it is working out between the CBFC and respondent 2 (Ranaut's Manikarnika Films, co-producer)," Jagtiani said.
The bench posted the matter for hearing on Friday.
Earlier this week, the bench was informed by the censor board that Ranaut's production company Manikarnika had agreed to the cuts.
Co-producer of the movie Zee Entertainment Enterprises had moved HC seeking a direction to CBFC to issue a certificate for the film "Emergency," directed by Kangana Ranaut.
A row of controversy has gripped biographical drama after Sikh organizations have raised objections against the film, accusing it of misrepresenting the community and getting historical facts wrong.
Zee Entertainment had claimed in its plea that the CBFC had already made the certificate for the movie but was not issuing it.
The film, certified with an A rating, still hadn't hit the screens. Ranaut, who has directed and co-produced the film besides playing the lead role of former prime minister late Indira Gandhi, had accused the CBFC of stalling the certification to delay the release.
The company had also averred that the certificate was being withheld on the grounds of political reasons and because the elections to Haryana were approaching .
The bench had questioned in a curious tone why the ruling party BJP would act against Ranaut who was herself a BJP MP.
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