Centre reconstitutes CBFC board with Preity Zinta, Pankaj Tripathi and Suniel Shetty among new members – CNBC TV18

In TrendsUS FED Meeting LiveStock MarketUPIGold and SilverStocks To WatchCrude Oil PricesBRICS SummitCentre reconstitutes CBFC board with Preity Zinta, Pankaj Tripathi and Suniel Shetty among new membersThe 18-member panel, headed by Shashi Shekhar Vempati, will serve for three years, with filmmaker Priyadarshan, musician Ricky Kej and actors Pallavi Joshi and Prosenjit Chatterjee also joining.By PTI September 16, 2026, 8:40:46 PM IST (Published)(Photo Credit : Reuters)The Centre on Wednesday reconstituted the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), bringing actors Preity Zinta, Pankaj Tripathi, Suniel Shetty, Pallavi Joshi and Prosenjit Chatterjee, filmmaker Priyadarshan and Grammy-winning musician Ricky Kej, among others, onto the 18-member panel.The new board, headed by CBFC chairperson Shashi Shekhar Vempati, has been constituted with immediate effect for three years or until further orders, whichever is earlier.The CBFC was last reconstituted in August 2017 for a three-year term. Members of that board continued beyond 2020 in the absence of a fresh reconstitution, under provisions allowing them to remain in office until their successors are appointed.The new panel also includes film critic Vinod Anupam, actor Manoj Joshi, filmmaker Abhishek Jain, singer and former parliamentarian Hans Raj Hans, producer Supriya Yarlagadda, poet and writer Yatindra Mishra and actor Roopali Ganguly.Theatre director Waman…

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