Maharashtra MLA Pratap Sarnaik of the Balasaheb faction of Shiv Sena has written to Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde to set up an expert committee to review and analyse films and their scripts if they are based on historical characters or incidents. In his letter, Sarnaik said that the expert committee would also listen to objections put forth by any group prior to the film’s release. He added that the team could work in tandem with the CBFC. This, he explained, would ensure that there was no objection by groups or political parties to films after their release.
Sarnaik said that he was a film buff and also a film producer. He also wanted the state to provide security to films.