CBFC orders 13 cuts in “Bheed”, Swara Bhasker says: 'allergy to facts'
CBFC has asked producers to delete all references to PM Modi, his speeches
Mumbai: Film Maker Anubhav Sinha’s directorial, Bheed, starring Rajkumar Rao and Bhumi Padnekar in the lead roles has garnered huge attention from the social media and continues to remain under controversy.
The social drama movie was under the scanner of Central Board of Film certification (CBFC) even before its release on March 24th and had become a point of discord since the launch of its trailer. The film is set on the events highlighting a realistic portrayal of the nationwide Lockdown introduced in March 2020.
The first trailer of the film was pulled down, within a week after it was released on Youtube. The trailer was again launched on official channels post alterations
In a recent clampdown , the CBFC had sought the producers (Benaras Media Works) of the film to mandatorily make 13 alterations in the motion picture. The details of the same were shared by Journalist Aroon Deep on his twitter handle.
“India’s allergy to facts” - Swara Bhaskar
The Central Board of Film Certification has suggested a long list of edits for Anubhav Sinha's latest film, Bheed, which has caused a stir on social media. The film, which is a black and white drama starring Rajkummar Rao and Bhumi Pednekar, focuses on the mass migration of workers during the lockdown in India in March 2020.
The list of suggested edits includes the removal of cuss words and some nudity, as well as the deletion of all speeches and references to the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, in the voice-over. References to the Delhi Chief Minister were also replaced, and the word 'Jihad' was muted from a particular dialogue.
Further changes involved reducing the visuals of police brutality towards migrant workers, deleting direct hitting scenes and changing a dialogue that referenced Partition. Meanwhile, Swara Bhaskar and others on Twitter have expressed their dismay at the edits, calling them censorship and a sign of an "allergy to facts" in India.
The first trailer for the film was also pulled off and re-released with changes, including the omission of a speech by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the changed dialogue referencing Partition. Director Anubhav Sinha acknowledged the changes but declined to comment on the reasons behind them, saying only that there was a "sanctity" to the film that he did not want to disturb.
Actor Rajkummar Rao also refused to comment on the edits, stating that it was a creative decision made by the filmmakers. The controversy surrounding the edits has sparked a debate about censorship in Indian cinema and the extent to which filmmakers should be able to express themselves freely
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Jai Bhim: Slogan that energised Dalits was first given at this central Maharashtra village
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (PTI): 'Jai Bhim': These two words have come to symbolise the awakening and empowerment of the Dalit community in independent India, but not many people know how it originated.
The slogan, which also encapsulates the immense reverence in which Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is held, was first raised at the Makranpur Parishad, a conference organised at Makranpur village in Kannad teshil of today's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district in Maharashtra.
Ambedkar, the chief architect of India's Constitution, died on December 6, 1956.
Bhausaheb More, the first president of the Scheduled Castes Federation of Marathwada, organised the first Makranpur Parishad on December 30, 1938.
Dr Ambedkar spoke at the conference and asked the people not to support the princely state of Hyderabad under which much of central Maharashtra then fell, said Assistant Commissioner of Police Pravin More, Bhausaheb's son.
"When Bhausaheb stood up to speak, he said every community has its own deity and they greet each other using the name of that deity. Dr Ambedkar showed us the path of progress, and he is like God to us. So henceforth, we should say 'Jai Bhim' while meeting each other. The people responded enthusiastically. A resolution accepting 'Jai Bhim' as the community's slogan was also passed," More told PTI.
"My father came in contact with Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar in his early years. Bhausaheb was aware of the atrocities the Nizam state committed on Dalits. He told Ambedkar about these atrocities, including the pressure to convert. Dr Ambedkar was strongly against these atrocities, and he decided to attend the 1938 conference," he said.
As Ambedkar was against the princely states, he was banned from giving speeches in the Hyderabad state but was allowed to travel through its territories. The Shivna river formed the border between Hyderabad and British India. Makranpur was chosen as the venue for the first conference because it was on the banks of Shivna but lay in the British territory, ACP More said.
The stage made of bricks, from where Dr Ambedkar addressed the conference, still stands. The conference is organised on December 30 every year to carry forward Ambedkar's thought, and the tradition was not discontinued even in 1972 when Maharashtra experienced one of the worst droughts in it history.
"My grandmother pledged her jewellery for the conference expenses. People from Khandesh, Vidarbha and Marathwada attended it. Despite a ban imposed by the Nizam's police, Ambedkar's followers crossed the river to attend the event," said ACP More.
"This is the 87th year of Makranpur Parishad. We have deliberately retained the venue as it helps spread Ambedkar's thought in rural areas," he added.
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