EXCLUSIVE: CBFC asks for 20+ cuts in The India Story; 4.27 minutes of footage deleted; ‘Kisaan aatankvadi’, ‘Sarkar deshdrohi’ dialogues modified
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The India Story was passed with a U/A 16+ certificate by the CBFC (Central Board of Movie Certification). However, the CBFC asked for more than 20 cuts, mostly dialogues. To begin with, a detailed disclaimer was added at the beginning and end of the movie, which increased the movie’s length by 50 seconds. In a dialogue, the percentage of farmers was reduced from 65% to 25%. The ‘offensive words’ used while referring to the farmer community were asked to be modified. Further, ‘inaccurate reference’ about the Endosulfan tragedy in Kerala was asked to be modified. ‘Offensive words’ in a scene in the second half and ‘inappropriate’ references in a courtroom scene at 2 hours were also similarly asked to be modified.
Adding to this, The dialogue ‘ Munh mein dande daal ’ was modified. The dialogue ‘ Desh ke kisaan desh ke ....... Khila ke maar rahe hain’ was asked to be deleted, which reduced the run time by 20 seconds. The dialogues ‘ Kisaan aatankvadi’ and ‘Sarkar deshdrohi’ were modified. At the beginning of the movie, a 15-second-long dialogue about farmers forming 25% of the population was deleted.
Meanwhile, The ‘ Salana 105-2 kilo’ dialogue was modified, while a 14-second-long dialogue of mothers’ milk containing heavy chemical load, leading to cancer in newborn babies, was deleted. An eight-second-long dialogue beginning with ‘ Aapko jab licence’ to ‘ Naya Bharat hai’ was deleted.
Notably, A dialogue regarding fake milk usage was asked to be modified. A 20-second-long dialogue starting with 'Apni RDX waali' to 'jagah milti hai' was deleted. Then a dialogue at the beginning of the second half about Endosulfam, lasting 40 seconds, was deleted. A 20-second-long dialogue starting with 'Kisan doshi hai' was removed. In the post-interval, a dialogue beginning with 'Kisaan annadata hai' , and which is 1 minute and 20 seconds long, was axed by the CBFC. The 'Har saal do' dialogue was modified. Finally, the 'visual of disgust' of the Cancer train and the announcement dialogue of a cancer train running from Bhatinda to Bikaner were asked to be modified.
As per the latest buzz, In short, the CBFC censored 4 minutes and 27 seconds of The India Story . The length of the movie, as mentioned on the censor certificate, is 130.13 minutes. In other words, The India Story is 2 hours, 10 minutes and 13 seconds long.
Source: Bollywood Hungama