The Times of India (Chennai) ·
Film scenes with drug consumption, trafficking to carry anti-drug warning label
Movie scenes depicting drug consumption or trafficking will carry the warning: "Illicit Narcotics Destroy Health and Guarantees Imprisonment. Say No to Drugs" (Representative image: Reuters).
NEW DELHI: Films depicting consumption or trafficking of drugs will now carry an anti-drug warning, the broadcast ministry notified on Wednesday.central board of film certification (CBFC) was required to ensure that scenes that could "encourage, justify or glamorise drug addiction" were not shown. However, those guidelines did not mandate a specific warning to be displayed on screen.
Pranjal Pandey is an intern at The Times of India. He holds a PG Diploma in English Journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication and covers Real Estate, Defence, and International Relations, among other beats.