film certification dipped to 8299 films in 202021 the covid19 year as against a high of 22570 in the prepandemic year of 201819 the information and broadcasting ministry told a parliamentary panel the covid19 year also saw the central board of film certification cbfc prescribing modifications or cuts to 1777 per cent of the total 8299 films submitted for certification the report said read alsovivek agnihotri reacts to omg 2s a certificate after 27 modifications there shouldnt be any cbfc even hate speech should be allowedfilmmaker vivek agnihotri said that he doesnt agree with the changes done to akshay kumars role and a certificate given to omg 2 after 27 modifications he believes that a body like cbfc shouldnt exist and even hate speech should be allowed in moviesthe cbfc issues about 20000 certifications for films every year across different categories such as indian long films indian short films foreign long films and foreign short films the ministry told the parliamentary standing committee on communications and information technology which reviewed the functioning of the cbfc according to information furnished to the committee a total of 22570 films were certified in 201819 20593 in 201920 8299 in 202021 and 12719 in 202122 in 202223 the cbfc had certified 18070 films suggesting that the film industry was on the recovery path from the effects of the covid19 pandemic providing reasons for the decline in the number of films seeking certification from cbfc the ministry has stated that it was due to the covid19 pandemic the committee said in the report tabled in parliament during the recently concluded monsoon session of the 20593 films that received cbfc certification in 201920 the board directed filmmakers to make modifications or cuts to 2785 or 1352 per cent films before granting them any certificate such as u ua or a the report said the number of films that received the cbfc certification after adopting cuts was 1475 or 1777 per cent of the total 8299 films certified by the board in 202021 in 202122 the cbfc asked filmmakers to carry out modifications or cuts in 1911 films or 1502 per cent of the 12719 movies certified by the board in 202223 the ministry submitted to the committee the breakup of the films that were certified by the cbfc between april 1 and september 30 2022 in 202223 1056 films or 1113 per cent out of the 9484 movies certified till september 30 2022 were asked to carry out modifications or cuts