MUMBAI, Aug. 22 -- The Bombay High Court on Thursday said that it will view the film Ajey: The Untold Story of a Yogi, a biopic on Uttar Pradesh chief minister Adityanath, before deciding whether the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) was justified in denying its certification. The court directed producer Samrat Cinematics and director Ravindra Gautam to submit a copy of the film, highlighting scenes flagged by the CBFC. The film, starring Anant Joshi as Adityanath, is based on Shantanu Gupta's book The Monk Who Became Chief Minister. Samrat Cinematics Private Limited has challenged the CBFC's refusal, calling it "arbitrary and unreasonable" and arguing it violates the Cinematograph Act, 1952, and the Cinematograph (Certification) Rules, 2024. According to the petition, the board acted "mechanically" and even insisted on NOC from a private individual-something the law does not require. Earlier, the CBFC told the court that several scenes and dialogues were derogatory. On August 7, a division bench of Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Justice Neela Kedar Gokhale had directed the CBFC to specify which portions of the film it found objectionable so that they could be edited. The board's revising committee subsequently marked 29 scenes on August 11. Despite some deletions, certification was denied on August 17. The bench has scheduled the matter for further hearing on August 25....