<P> The Board consists of 25 other non-official members and a Chairperson ( all of whom are appointed by Central Government ) . Prasoon Joshi currently presides the board , being appointed as the 28th Chairperson of the Board on 11 August 2017 , after the ouster of Pahlaj Nihalani , who was preceded by Leela Samson who had resigned after the CBFC 's rejection of a certificate for the film MSG : Messenger of God was overturned by an appellate tribunal . Earlier , Leela Samson had succeeded Sharmila Tagore , who was the longest continuous running Chairperson in the history . Nihalani was the 27th Chairperson after the Board 's establishment . His appointment was highly controversial given his propensity for censoring films instead of merely certifying them . </P>
<P> The Board consists of 25 other non-official members and a Chairperson ( all of whom are appointed by Central Government ) . Prasoon Joshi currently presides the board , being appointed as the 28th Chairperson of the Board on 11 August 2017 , after the ouster of Pahlaj Nihalani , who was preceded by Leela Samson who had resigned after the CBFC 's rejection of a certificate for the film MSG : Messenger of God was overturned by an appellate tribunal . Earlier , Leela Samson had succeeded Sharmila Tagore , who was the longest continuous running Chairperson in the history . Nihalani was the 27th Chairperson after the Board 's establishment . His appointment was highly controversial given his propensity for censoring films instead of merely certifying them . </P>
who is the chairman of central board of film certification
who is the chairman of central board of film certification
Prasoon Joshi
Prasoon Joshi