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Monday, 25th August, 2014, 05:00 PM IST The CBFC’s latest diktat has been issued to Homi Adjania for his latest film ‘Finding Fanny’ starring Deepika Padukone, Arjun Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah, Dimple Kapadia and Pankaj Kapur.
Adjania has been asked to delete a certain ‘vulgar’ word from the film. The word in question is ‘virgin’, that appears in the scene when Deepika tells Arjun that she is a virgin. The director argued saying that the word ‘virgin’ has been passed on in many films in the past like, Shahrukh Khan’s ‘Dil Se’ and the more recent ‘2 States’.
However, Homi was told he would have to chop off the dialogue. Reacting to this, Nandini Sardesai, senior member of the CBFC said,“We have a huge backlog of films which need to be watched and certified but those at the screenings are not always the ones who are supposed to do that job.”
Another board member added, “Deepak, the officer who watched and censored the film, is not the right person to judge cinema. He is not even an ARO (Assistant Regional Officer). He started out as a stenographer and claims to be Personal Secretary to CEO (Rakesh Kumar) but is Personal Assistant to the Chairperson (Leela Samson).” Deepak argued, “But I was not the only person at the screening. We had a committee who took the call together. I will not discuss that.” |