The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) seem to be a biggest obstacle in film release and even high budget films sometimes can’t bypass this too. It cuts off ‘objectionable’ scenes and thereby restraining the freedom of expression of the makers despite the scenes not being so unacceptable. This perception of CBFC got a boost under the chairmanship of Pahlaj Nihalani.
Nevertheless, since a couple of years, very few films have released and interestingly, the CBFC was not reported to have chopped scenes or dialogues in most of them. But with regard to the much anticipated big budget Eid release, Radhe – Your Most Wanted Bhai, the CBFC, too, had been liberal and certified it without a cut.
It is learnt that the makers voluntarily trimmed some scenes and modifications after getting the censor certificate. Surprisingly, as many as 21 modifications have been carried out. It is presumably done by keeping in mind the family audience too.
According to one of the modifications in the cut list, the buzz is, ‘Swacchh Mumbai’ has been replaced by ‘Swacchh Bharat’. Also, a ‘Jai Maharashtra’ dialogue was also deleted in the same dialogue.