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Bhansali's movie needs 5 changes but no cuts… just make it Padmavati without an 'i': CBFC
BY Team MP30 Dec 2017 11:03 PM IST
Team MP30 Dec 2017 11:03 PM IST
Mumbai: The censor board has decided to give Bollywood filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Padmavati" a UA certificate without any cuts but has suggested that the director change the film's title to "Padmavat" besides making four other modifications. There were reports doing the rounds that the board had suggested 26 cuts to the film but in a statement, Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) chairman Prasoon Joshi clarified that they have only advised five modifications, including the title change, but "no cuts".
The board has also suggested modifications in disclaimers, pertinently adding one regarding not glorifying the practice of "Sati" and also relevant changes in the song 'Ghoomar' to befit the character portrayed, he said. Joshi added that the producers and the director of the film are "completely in agreement" with the proposed modifications.
The board had a meeting of their examining committee on December 28 and decided to give the film a "UA certification along with some modifications and likely change of the film's title on the basis the attributed material/creative source". Bhansali, who appeared before a parliamentary panel, had said his lavishly mounted Rs 150 crore period drama, featuring Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor and Ranveer Singh, is based on the 16th century epic poem "Padmavat" by Malik Muhammad Jayasi.
Besides Joshi, the meeting was also attended by regular examining committee members, along with other censor board officials. Considering the complexities and concerns around the film, the CBFC appointed a "special panel to add perspective to the final decision of the censor board's official committee".
The special panel included Arvind Singh from Udaipur, Chandramani Singh and professor K K Singh of the Jaipur University. Joshi said, the filmmakers, Bhansali Productions, in a written communication to CBFC, had also requested that a panel of historians/academicians and members of the Rajput community view the film.
He said that this was not the first instance that a special panel was appointed for the certification process as a similar practice was followed while certifying "Jodhaa Akbar" and "Aarkashan".
"This was an unprecedented and tough situation. I am glad that following a balanced approach we resolved the task at hand in a pragmatic and positive manner," Joshi said on CBFC's decision to give the film a UA certificate.
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