The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) wields significant cultural influence by deciding which films can be screened in Indian cinemas. The CBFC is required to watch and rule on films in a matter of weeks. For over a year, the film Monkey Man, featuring a dystopian vision of a society with supremacy baked in, has not even been watched. In plain defiance of Section 5A(2) of the Cinematograph Act, the board has stopped publishing certificates in the government Gazette. While it exists, however, the CBFC must be compelled by the film fraternity, and its founding statute, to follow the law.