This is how it usually goes. After a film is made and before it can be viewed by the public, it is sent to the Central Board of Film Certification. The CBFC is the body, as is evident from its name, that is responsible for issuing a certificate, after scrutiny, which makes the film eligible for release. Like other films, L2: Empuraan, directed by Prithviraj Sukumaran, too, went through this process. Yet, days after its release on March 27, on the heels of a controversy over its alleged “divisive political agenda”, the film’s makers sought to make “voluntary modifications”, and in effect, re-censor their film. It sets a troubling precedent of........

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