Bharati Dubey (MID-DAY; June 14, 2014)

The adult theme of the film, Ek Villain, is said to have landed the makers in trouble with the Central Board of Film Certification. It is learnt that the makers hosted a screening of the film for the Censor Board earlier this week — the first screening was on June 10 — and given the theme of the film, the film was almost certified as A. But the producers then decided to revise certain portions of the film in order to bag a U/A certificate.
A source says, “The problem was not the violence but the theme. The producers then made some changes — they apparently edited some of the film’s dialogues — and resubmitted it for certification.’’ An industry source says that the makers were keen to send out a message that it is not a very violent or an antiwomen film. “It’s an romantic drama, so post the editing, the film was resent to the CBFC. It has now been cleared with a U/A certificate,” says the source.