The Pahlaj Nihalani-led Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) is under serious fire from the film industry for the staggering number of cuts — reportedly 89 — that it has imposed upon the upcoming movie Udta Punjab as a pre-condition to getting a certificate.
The exact nature of the cuts has now been made public by multiple reports. The cut-list specifies 13 suggestions for cuts, in many cases asking for each instance of a word to be muted. Taking all of them into account, the number of actual cuts exceeds even 89, as the film's co-producer Anurag Kashyap claimed on Twitter.
Nihalani, in multiple interviews, has defended his board's decision, saying that the film cannot be cleared in its current form as it defames the entire state of Punjab. He has also objected to the usage of profanity, saying it's fine if a character (played by Shahid Kapoor) is under the influence of drugs, "but why should he talk like that when normal?"
Here are the things the CBFC wants removed from the upcoming drugs drama set in Punjab, starring Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor Khan, and Diljit Dosanjh.
Watch the trailer of the film below.
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The exact nature of the cuts has now been made public by multiple reports. The cut-list specifies 13 suggestions for cuts, in many cases asking for each instance of a word to be muted. Taking all of them into account, the number of actual cuts exceeds even 89, as the film's co-producer Anurag Kashyap claimed on Twitter.
Nihalani, in multiple interviews, has defended his board's decision, saying that the film cannot be cleared in its current form as it defames the entire state of Punjab. He has also objected to the usage of profanity, saying it's fine if a character (played by Shahid Kapoor) is under the influence of drugs, "but why should he talk like that when normal?"
Here are the things the CBFC wants removed from the upcoming drugs drama set in Punjab, starring Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor Khan, and Diljit Dosanjh.
1. Delete sign board of Punjab in the beginning.
2. Delete Punjab, Jalandhar, Chandigarh, Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Jashanpura, Ambesar, Ludhiana, and Moga to be deleted from background and dialogues wherever it occurs.
3. Delete two words from song 1.
4. Delete offensive words from song 2.
5. Remove all cuss words from the movie.
6. Delete the word 'election', 'MP', 'party', 'MLA', 'Punjab', 'Parliament'.
7. From song no 3, delete the visuals of scratching/itching side portion of Sardar.
8. Delete the close-up shots of injecting the drugs wherever it appears.
9. Delete the shot of urinating by Tommy in front of the crowd.
10. Delete the line 'Jamin Banzar te Aulad Kanjar'.
11. Delete the name of the dog as 'Jackie Chan'.
12. First disclaimer should be audio/video and to be changed to - "The film focusses on the rising menace of drugs and war against drugs and is an attempt to show ill-effects of drugs on today's youth and the social fabric. We acknowledge the battle against drugs being fought by the government and the police. But this battle cannot be won unless the people of India unite against the menace."
13. Second disclaimer of fiction to be increased according to audio/video.
Watch the trailer of the film below.
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