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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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
