President Sonia Gandhi can now be released, as the Censor Board last week withdrew the condition that film maker obtain no-objection certificate from Gandhi.

Earlier, Central Board of Film Certification had asked the film’s producer Thakur Dinesh Kumar to obtain the certificate from Gandhi, inspite of the film getting the U certificate from the board in December 2005.

The film, titled ‘Sonia-Sonia’, is based on the life of Sonia Gandhi.

Kumar claims that after getting a notice from the Censor Board, requiring a consent from Gandhi, he sent letters to her, seeking her NOC.

But he got no reply, he says. Then again he approached the Board, saying no-reply may be construed as a no-objection certificate; but CBFC declined to allow the film to release.

Subsequently, he approached the Bombay High Court, against the pre-condition imposed by the CBFC.

His lawyer Shyam Keswani argued that CBFC had no right to impose such a pre-condition under the law.

However, last week additional solicitor general Rajendra Raghuvanshi told the High Court that CBFC was withdrawing the condition that the filmmaker get an NOC from Sonia Gandhi.

As a result, the High Court disposed of the petition.

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