Actor Varun Dhawan's revenge drama Badlapur has reportedly become an early casualty of the Censor Board's list of banned words that was met with a barrage of angry tweets last week. The film has been passed with all its scenes intact but two cuss words in English and Hindi are believed to have been replaced with language that the Board does not object to. (Also Read: Censor Board's List of Banned Words Slammed by Board Member Ashoke Pandit, Others)
A source told news agency IANS, "While the violent visual content of 'Badlapur' has been given a go ahead by the CBFC, they have objected to three abusive words which have now been deleted."
The Censor Board's diktat declared 15 Hindi and 13 English words off-limits for filmmakers last week. It provoked fury from many quarters, including Board member Ashoke Pandit who said he was not consulted and did not endorse the list. He pointed out that a gangster in a film 'will use the language as per his character and not what a saint would use.'
Badlapur director Sriram Raghavan echoed this sentiment. "The language is commensurate with the characters' state of mind. These are not your average dinner table conversationalists. Nawazuddin is a killer. Varun is a man on a rampage, and Huma plays a prostitute," Mr Raghavan told told IANS.
The list, which Censor Board chief Pahlaj Nihalani told DNA was never meant to go public, also reminds filmmakers to replace 'Bombay' with 'Mumbai' - which indicates prospective trouble for Anurag Kashyap's upcoming film Bombay Velvet.
Badlapur stars Varun as a man in search of his wife's killer and opens this Friday.
With Inputs from IANS
