Sanskari Pahlaj Nihalani Strikes Again, Cuts 12 Major Scenes, Mutes Abuses in BEGUM JAAN
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Saturday, 1st April 2017, 4:20 PM IST ‘Begum Jaan’ trailer might have passed the CBFC orders, but it look like the film will take a lot more to be certified. Pahlaj Nihalani has ordered director Srijit Mukherji to cut 12 vital scenes from the movie, after toning down some other scenes. Not only that, the movie should not have abuses, no matter if they are brothel owners, says CBFC. A source clarified the same saying, “The love-making scene has been reduced by half. The CBFC found the pounding and thrusting which Srijit accentuated to show how sex is used to subjugate women, to be excessive even for an adult audience. In a sequence showing communal violence in a bus, the massacre has also been reduced by fifty percent. Srijit argued that an adult viewership can decide for itself whether the sexual and political violence is excessive. However the CBFC made it very clear that the two key sequences have to be reduced, or the film won’t be certified.” A CBFC insider however argues, “To remain in character as a prostitute the actor doesn’t have to keep using abusive language. Sharmila Tagore played a prostitute in Mausam. She used just one profanity in the film. And Shabana Azmi played the Madame of a brothel in Shyam Benegal’s Mandi. How many times did she use the ‘ch.d’ word-variations to punctuate her coarseness?” Really? Is comparing the films right? To top it up, the order asked to change some abuses. Reads the CBFC order, “Deleted the dialogues ‘behenchod’ (replaced with ‘behen ki jaat’ and ‘behen ki’), ‘madarchod’ (replaced with ‘madarjaat’), ‘bahen di loudi’ (replaced with ‘haraami’), ‘kudichod’ (replaced with ‘arrey oh’) where they occur.” Arrey Oh for Kudichod! Does that even make it synonym? The original Bengali movie ‘Rajkanhini’ was passed with these words. So why such impartiality with Hindi cinema? Nowyou can enjoy ad-free experience by downloading India’s first Box Office mobileapp from here –Android: and iOS: bit.ly/BOCapsuleiOSApp | |||