Homebound” faces tough-time-CBFC Urges for 11 cuts
Prior to its release on 26 December, “Homebound” a Dharma Productions venture which headlines as India’s official entry to the Oscars faced trouble with the Central Board of Film Certification.
The Neeraj Ghaywan’s directorial is the second consecutive Dharma Productions venture, after Dhadak 2, to tackle discrimination in society. And just like Dhadak 2, even Homebound had to face a tough time at the Central Board of Film Certification, as per reports. Homebound was referred to the Revising Committee (RC), possibly as the Examining Committee (EC) must have asked for several cuts. The RC, too, issued the certificate only after 11 modifications. Films shortened by 32 seconds.
To begin with, the Revising Committee muted and replaced certain words at 6 places. The dialogue ‘Aloo gobhi…khaate hai’, lasting 5 seconds, was deleted. A two-second visual of a man performing puja was censored. A dialogue was muted at 21 minutes and replaced with a ‘suitable’ shot. The word ‘gyaan’ was removed and replaced.
Further, the Revising Committee modified the dialogue in the crucial cricket match scene at 1 hour and 4 minutes. A 16-second scene at 1 hour and 22 minutes and another 20-second scene at 1 hour and 22 minutes were deleted, while a two-second dialogue was censored. The visuals of a car passing by were suitably modified.
In this way, the CBFC’s RC censored 1 minute and 17 seconds of the footage. Once it was done, the film was passed with a U/A 16+ certificate on September 12. The length of the film, as mentioned on the censor certificate, is 122.00 minutes. In other words, Homebound is 2 hours and 2 minutes long.
The Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions venture features Ishaan Khatter, Vishal Jethwa and Janhvi Kapoor. It is the story of two friends and the challenges they face while trying to succeed in life.
According to actor Ishaan Khatter Homebound, speaks through empathy at a time where the world is seemingly more and more disconnected and intolerant.
News Edit KV Raman
