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Also in 2002, Indian filmmaker and CBFC chair [[Vijay Anand (filmmaker)|Vijay Anand]] proposed legalising the exhibition of [[X-rated]] films in selected cinemas. Anand said, "Porn is shown everywhere in India clandestinely ... and the best way to fight this onslaught of blue movies is to show them openly in theatres with legally authorised licences".<ref>{{Cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2069900.stm |title=India's film censor wants to legalise porn |website= BBC News |date=27 June 2002 |access-date= 21 July 2017}}</ref> Anand resigned less than a year after becoming chairperson in the wake of his proposal.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2144603.stm|title=India's chief film censor quits|website=BBC News|date=22 July 2002|access-date=21 July 2017}}</ref>
The board refused to certify ''[[The Pink Mirror|Gulabi Aaina]]'' (a film about Indian [[transsexual]]s produced and directed by [[Sridhar Rangayan]]) in 2003; Rangayan unsuccessfully appealed the decision twice. Although the film is [[List of banned films|banned]] in India, it has been screened
''Final Solution'', a 2004 documentary examining religious riots between [[Hindus]] and [[Muslims]] in [[Gujarat]] which killed over 1,000 people, was also banned. According to the board, the film was "highly provocative and may trigger off unrest and communal violence".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3542340.stm|title=India bans religious riot movie|website=BBC News|date=6 August 2004|access-date=21 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.countercurrents.org/index.htm|title=Towards A Counter Movement!|date=28 May 2006|access-date=21 July 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060528225158/http://www.countercurrents.org/index.htm|archive-date=28 May 2006}}</ref> After a sustained campaign, the ban was lifted in October of that year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rakeshfilm.com/finalsolution.htm|title=RAKESH SHARMA – Final Solution|website=rakeshfilm.com|access-date=21 July 2017}}</ref>
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