CBFC grants Kangana Ranaut’s film ‘Emergency’ UA Certificate with cuts
CBFC grants Kangana Ranaut’s film
‘Emergency’ UA Certificate with cuts
Kangana Ranaut’s controversial film ‘Emergency’ has been granted UA certificate by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). Reportedly, the makers have also been asked to cut several scenes and add disclaimers in a few sequences in the film. Earlier Kangana’s directorial ‘Emergency’ was slated for theatrical release on September 6 but it got deferred as it failed to receive CBFC certificate.
According to reports, the censor board has asked the makers of Emergency to make changes to former US President Richard Nixon’s statement about Indian women and former UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s comment on “Indians breeding like rabbits.”
Reportedly, the CBFC also asked to remove or change a scene showing a soldier hitting an infant’s head and a Pakistani soldiers attacking Bangladeshi refugees. Another scene in which three women are being beheaded during an attack on Bangladeshi refugees has also been asked to be edited.
The censor board also requested for replacement of an expletive shouted by a crowd following the death of a leader and modification of a family’s surname in a line.
Actress-filmmaker and BJP MP Kangana on Friday, September 6 had shared that her film’s release has been pushed once again. ‘Emergency’ supposed to release today, 6 September has been pdeferred.
She wrote that with a heavy heart she announces that her directorial Emergency has been deferred and are still waiting for the certification from censor board. New release date will be announced soon, for your understanding and patience.
On September 4, the Bombay High Court ordered the Censor Board to arrive to a decision by September 18 any representations by Sikh bodies, groups or individuals who raised objections to the September 6 release of the film.
Emergency centers around India’s Emergency era amid 1975-1977. In the film, Kangana essays the role of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. It also features Shreyas Talpade, Milind Soman, Mahim Chaudhary, Anupam Kher, Satish Kaushik, Vishak Nair, and others.
No sooner the trailer of the film was released, several Sikh groups raised their fingers strongly objecting and protesting against the representation of Sikhs in the film.
Responding to the deferment, Kangana had earlier claimed that an ‘Emergency’ has been imposed on her film too. It’s a sad state of affair and she is much disappointed by our country and whatever the circumstances may be.
News Edit KV Raman
