Filmmakers reveal Censor Board's most random decisions

The Censor Board for Film Certification CBFC has time and again grabbed eyeballs for asking filmmakers to snipmute words they believed were inappropriate for the Indian audience The latest film to come under the CBFC scanner is the Girish Kumar and Navneet Dhillon starrer Loveshhuda directed by Vaibhav Misra The Censor Board has issued an A certificate to the films teaser because it had the word bed in itFrom left Girish Kumar and Navneet Dhillon in the teaser from LoveshuddaThe teaser features lead actors Girish and Navneet and a line in it states A love story that starts in bed The use of the word bed irked the Censor Board and it issued an A certificate to the teaser The films team is surprised by this decision says an insider adding The 120minute teaser portrays a fresh quirky pairing that would connect with the youth and their ideologies of love and relationship Its an intriguing fun teaser and has no adult content like kissingAs a result of the Boards decision the films teaser release has been delayed Initially the films teaser was to be unveiled alongside the Ranbir KapoorDeepika Padukone starrer Tamasha However since this teaser got an A certificate it couldnt Tamasha has a UA certificate The teaser will now release with Hate Story 3 in theatres and has released online today says the sourceConfirming the news the films producer Vijay Galani says We were to come out with the teaser alongside Tamasha but due to the A certificate it is now being attached with Hate Story 3A still from Hate Story 3Mind your wordsLoveshhuda is not the first film to have faced issues with the Censor Board A host of flicks in the recent past have faced similar rejections For instance the makers of Hate Story 3 were asked to remove words like sambhog Sanskrit word for sex and the makers of Prem Ratan Dhan Payo had to remove the word rakhail mistress from the film Read more Needless to say several filmmakers are surprised at CBFCs decisionsSonam Kapoor and Salman Khan in Prem Ratan Dhan PayoThe makers of Angry Indian Goddesses which has been well received at several international film festivals were shocked when the Censor Board in India asked for a few words to be beeped out Read more The terms lunch and Indian figure have both said by two different female leads of our film More than shocking its funny that a woman isnt allowed to express and talk on screen like they would in their daytoday lives How can words like these cause negative beliefs to transpire in any audience member inside a movie theatre argues producer of the film Gaurav DhingraThe cast of Angry Indian GoddessesBhushan Kumar who has produced the soontobereleased Hate Story 3 says that the removal of one word wasnt making a difference to the adult content of the film hence he agreed to make the change They CBFC argued that the mannersituation in which the word sambhog was being used was against their norms We werent fussy because that dialogue was not changing my adult content into a UA one My film is an adult film and I applied for an A certificate he says Read MoreIn the past Neeraj Ghyawan too had expressed discontentment over CBFCs decision regarding his film Masaan Masaan had got an adult rating despite that we were asked to mute words saala and saali Theres nothing more to say about this he saidAlso readAre Censors hampering the market for Hollywood films in IndiaKetan Mehta who is aware of the increasing number of such instances opines that its time the Censor Board grows up I think Indian audiences are wise enough to decide for themselves and such demands are not acceptable in a democracy The most that the Censor Board should be allowed to do is to take the film to the audiences Nothing more I am aware of a few instances and want the Censor Board to grow up says the filmmakerAlso readAs Censor cuts down Spectre tweeple laugh at Sanskari James BondFilmmaker Hansal Mehta too had faced a similar rejection even before the muchcriticised Pahlaj Nihalani became the CBFC chairman In fact he explains that filmmakers have the option of going to court if they arent happy with changes demanded I was asked to remove the reference to Shivaji Maharajs from Shahid It was the examining committees decision so I went to the revising committee Filmmakers should go to the revising committee if they do not want to accept the examining committees decision In fact they also have the option to go right up to the court Also filmmakers should go to the Censor Board well in advance so that they have the time to argue their decisions he says