Rapid developments in the Censor Board of Film Certification (CBFC) are clearly indicative of big changes to come in censorship policies. For now, the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has taken direct charge of certification and is ensuring that no producer’s film is subjected to radical or even nominal cuts. Apparently disgruntled producers have now taken the Information & Broadcasting route to bypass the censor board. Many producers of films with objectionable content like Mastizaade, Kya Kool Hain Hum 3 & something called Miss Teacher which is a graphic story of a nymphomaniac teacher, have all been cleared due to the direct intervention of the Information & Broadcasting ministry, as the producers of the above films “complained” to the Information & Broadcasting ministry when the Censor Board of Film Certificate asked for cuts in the lurid & obscene content. These films were passed after the Information & Broadcasting ministry’s direct intervention. The Censor Board of Film Certificate has been told not to cut scenes or dialogues in these films. And now more & more filmmakers are running to the Information & Broadcasting ministry with complaints against Censor Board of Film Certificate’s cuts and getting them restored. The Censor Board of Film Certificate finds itself reduced to a helpless pawn. Censor Board had issued 34 cuts in Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3 along with a tag of an ‘A’ certificate.
While it’s an obvious decision to issue an ‘A’ certificate to India’s 1st porn – com Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3, it isn’t surprising to see the Censor Board take a step further and issue a few more cuts besides the certification. Keeping in mind the stringent rules of the board, the censor authorities have chopped off 34 scenes from the film terming them to be vulgar or obscene for adults. Words like ‘orgasm’, a scene of a woman shaking her breasts have been deleted, the name ‘Horny Singh’ is replaced with Mickey Singh, an orgasmic scene is chopped down from 30 seconds to 8 seconds are some of the changes that audiences will witness when the film is released on the celluloid silver screen. In fact, a major portion from the song ‘Oh Boy’ has also been asked to be deleted as the censors believe that the dance steps indicate masturbation. Also, one of the popularly known films Kick which was named as Dick (a spoof used as a porn film in Kya Kool Hain Hum 3) has now been renamed to Lick. Produced by Balaji Motion Pictures & ALT Entertainment, and directed by Umesh Ghadge, Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3 stars Tusshar Kapoor, Aftab Shivdasani, Mandana Karimi, Giselle Thakral amongst others. The film is slated to release on 22nd Jan, 2016.
Kamal Haasan To Join Shyam Benegal On Special Censor Committee
Earlier this month, the Information & Broadcasting Ministry had appointed a special committee headed by the filmmaker Shyam Benegal, to suggest measures to help the Censor Board members understand the nuances of film certification. The latest news on this front is that actor – filmmaker Kamal Haasan will also be joining the committee. Apparently, this addition comes after the Ministry felt that more regions of the country should be given representation on the panel, suggesting that along with Hassan, directors Shaji Karun & Gautam Ghosh should also be included on it. Once appointed the trio will join the other members of the committee that includes filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, adman Piyush Pandey & film journalist Bhawana Somayaa.
