"I have started feeling uncomfortable of being a part of an esteemed institution where, collective decision of the board is ignored or collective voice is unheard," filmmaker and Censor Board member Dr Chandraprakash Dwivedi wrote in a letter to Central Board of Film Certification of India (CBFC) chief Pahlaj Nihalani. While the entire content of the letter is not yet available, the dissent seems to be over censored words in Anushka Sharma's upcoming film NH10.

A recent ban on 23 'bad words' by the board and brought them under the public spotlight. The word 'lesbian' was also oddly muted in Dum Laga Ke Haisha.

Is the NH10 censoring necessary? Not according to Dwivedi. Apparently, Nihalani made some decisions without consulting other board members.

According to his letter, the list of words was not to be implemented without a "detailed discussion amongst the members of the board and the cross section of the society."

Nihalani took over as the CBFC chief in January after Leela Samson and her crew quit over the Messenger of God debate.