Overview

• On July 31, the Central Board of Film Certification formally refused to certify “Ajey: The Untold Story of a Yogi,” halting its planned August 1 release.
• Samrat Cinematics filed a fresh petition before Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Neela Gokhale challenging the board’s decision as arbitrary and procedurally flawed.
• The Bombay High Court issued a notice to the CBFC and set an August 1 hearing to scrutinise its reasons for rejecting the film, trailer and songs without public review.
• Filmmakers’ lawyers argued the CBFC had assured a two-day turnaround but failed to view any submitted material before denial.
• The court queried how the film could threaten public order when its source biography, “The Monk Who Became Chief Minister,” was publicly available without objection for eight years.