The government today replaced Pahlaj Nihalani with songwriter-poet Prasoon Joshi as the chairperson of the censor board.
Joshi was appointed with immediate effect for a period of three years or until further orders, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry said in a release.
Since his appointment as the head of the Central Board of Film Certification in January 2015, Nihalani made headlines for a number of controversial moves and statements.
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