“It’s as if someone invited me for dinner and made other plans,” says Simon Brook.

Days from now, Brook was to present a digitally restored version of his father Peter Brook’s acclaimed film The Mahabharata at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa. However, the screening of the film, which was cited by the NDA government while rewarding Peter Brook with a Padma Shri in 2021, now stands cancelled owing to some issues pertaining to “CBFC exemption”, Brook tells The Indian Express over the phone from Paris.

A CBFC exemption is an exemption from standard certification granted to films for screening in India by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), which functions under the Information and Broadcasting Ministry.

Sources said it is usually a quick formality.

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