Filmmaker Pahlaj Nihalani said he is verifying whether the producer of "Fun" had submitted for clearance the same posters that the police have objected to on grounds of obscenity.

Nihalani, president of the Association of Motion Pictures and Television Programme Producers (AMPTPP), said: "There have been occasions where producers submit a different set of material for publicity and come out with an entirely different campaign, openly flouting the rules.

"If the posters are the same, we will have to pull up the publicity committee concerned. We are also looking at the possibility of the law enforcement agencies going overboard with their action," Nihalani was quoted as saying.

The publicity material of "Fun" was said to have been cleared by a committee appointed by AMPTPP to which the producers belong. Police reportedly refused to accept their version that the association had cleared the posters.

According to the general secretary of the Film Makers Combine, K.D. Shorey, "every producer is required to get the publicity material of his film cleared by a clearance committee appointed by the association to which the producer belongs.

"The committee is shown the publicity material. There are two signatories who give a formal approval in writing. It is only after this that the material goes into printing.

"A film is eligible for censor clearance only after its publicity material has been officially cleared by the committee. However, in the event of the posters being found indecent, the law enforcement agencies still have the powers to take action against the concerned producer."