CBFC Certified Over 10500 Films in 2006

The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) issued a total of 10551 certificates during the year 2006, as against 7417 during 2005. 3454 certificates were issued to celluloid films and 7097 certificates to video films during this period. These consisted of 1091 Indian feature films (celluloid), and 336 foreign feature films (Celluloid).

In the Indian feature films category, the highest number 245 was of Telugu films. 223 Hindi films were certified whereas Tamil language films were at the third slot with 162. Films in Malayalam, Bhojpuri, Kannada and Marathi language were next with 77, 76, 75 and 73 certifications respectively.

Out of 1636 Indian feature films (Celluloid & Video) certified during the period, 1130 were granted "U" certificates, 270 "UA" certificates, and 236 "A" certificates. Similarly, of the 1080 foreign feature films certified in the year, 460 were granted "U" certificates, 269 "UA" certificates, and 351 "A" certificates.

The Board certified a total of 7242 Indian short films during the period January to December, 2006, of which 6717 were granted "U" certificates, 359 "UA" certificates, 165 "A" certificates. A total of 7097 certificates were issued to video films. Of these, there were 545 Indian feature films, 744 foreign feature films, 5494 Indian short films, 235 foreign short films, 75 Indian and 4 foreign films belonging to the "Others" category (long films other than feature).

Source : Press Information Bureau

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