ICC report mandatory for receiving publicity clearance certificate, says KFCC

New Malayalam movies submitted earlier the Kerala Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) for receiving the publicity clearance certificate volition present necessitate a mandatory study from the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) functioning successful movie accumulation sets.

The minutes of the meetings held by the ICC request to beryllium enclosed on with the petition for getting the publicity clearance certificate. The determination forms portion of the movie chamber’s efforts to guarantee the due functioning of the committees arsenic per the provisions nether the Sexual Harassment of Women astatine the Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act (POSH Act), 2013.

Anil Thomas, president of KFCC, said that the publicity clearance certificate issued by the movie enclosure is simply a pre-requisite portion submitting the movies for censoring. “From present on, the clearance volition beryllium fixed aft receiving the study submitted by the ICCs connected movie sets. Our intent is to comply with the norms nether the POSH Act by ensuring the due functioning of the ICCs,” helium said.

The KFCC, which precocious held a store aimed astatine creating consciousness astir the Act and the functioning of ICCs successful locations for the manufacture representatives, has suggested that the producer, manager and accumulation controller of a movie request not beryllium portion of the ICC for amended transparency and impartial functioning of the body.

“Instead, the four-member ICC connected each determination has to beryllium led by a elder pistillate subordinate connected the set. It should person a lawyer to supply guidance connected the ineligible provisions related to the POSH Act and however to code a ailment effectively,” said G. Suresh Kumar, chairperson of the KFCC’s 27-member monitoring committee formed to code and combat the maltreatment of women successful the movie industry. He said that the ICCs connected each acceptable request to clasp astatine slightest 2 meetings – 1 astatine the commencement of the shooting and the different earlier concluding it – and taxable a compiled study to the KFCC.

The movie enclosure has besides asked the movie bodies to empower its members astir the powers and functioning of the ICCs and POSH Act by holding consciousness programmes.