Universal Hero Kamal Hassan says he has an ongoing struggle against the Censor Board of Film Certification to achieve creative freedom. The 60-year-old actor, whose 2013 film Vishwaroopam was initially banned in Tamil Nadu for 15 days and saw a release only after muting certain scenes, has always voiced his reservations about the censor board guidelines. Haasan, however, clarified that he holds nothing against the people in the board and called CBFC chief Pahlaj Nihalani a "friend". "It does stifle my creative freedom. It is stifling my freedom. I have spoken of this to some of the board members, the officers. They are not out to destroy the film industry. They have a job, they are given a stipulation as a set of rules with which they operate. They all love cinema. My struggle against CBFC is not against people. When I talk about CBFC curbing my freedom of expression, it is not against its chief Pahlaj Nihalani or other officers. They all are my friends. But this is an ongoing struggle to achieve freedom and we will get it," Haasan told to Media.
