Name: Leela Samson apologises for calling censor board members an 'embarrassment'
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Mumbai: Censor board Chief Leela Samson on Sunday apologised for her comments on the board members. Samson was served a legal notice by two panel members for calling most members of the board uneducated and an embarrassment. 
 
Spokesperson of the Central Board of Film Certification though said that Leela didn't wish to offend anyone and regrets her statement. 
 
"She never meant to say that panel members are illiterate, may be she wanted to say that most members are not cinema literate," spokesperson Pankaj Sharma said. 
 
He also added that "If some members hav ebeen offended, the board regrets it". 
 
Many panel members had asked for a public apology from Samson after her comment.

Leela Samson apologises for calling censor board members an 'embarrassment'

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Samson had called the members of the censor board illiterate and uneducated.

Leela Samson apologises for calling censor board members an 'embarrassment'

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