French kisses to attract U/A rating from Censor Board, following rules revision
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Subhash K Jha (DNA; August 8, 2014)
Until recently, a dichotomy existed where more kisses
and full-blown smooches were certified as viewing-worthy for all ages in
international films while cuts were demanded of their Bollywood
counterparts, failing which they’d get a restrictive viewer rating. The
Censor Board has decided to bring all films under the same ‘moral
vision’ as it were.
The first film to take the cut is Lasse Hallstrom’s The Hundred Foot Journey starring Om Puri and Hellen Mirren. The film is set in France and there is inevitably a French kiss. However, it isn’t between Puri and Dame Mirren, but between Manish Dayal (he plays Om’s son in the film) and his French girlfriend played by Charlotte Le Bon.
Says a source, “The CBFC (Central Board of Film Certification) gave the film’s co-producers Reliance Big Entertainment the choice of retaining the French kiss with a U/A (Parental Guidance) certificate or to drop it and get a U rating. Reliance has opted for the latter option, allowing a much wider audience to watch the film.”
Says a source close to the Board, “When kissing was allowed to remain in Hollywood films, Indian producers would point accusing fingers asking why they couldn’t have kissing scenes in their films. So, from now on, if producers want a serious kiss — not a peck, which the CBFC allows anyway — then they should be prepared for a U/A certificate.”
Until recently, a dichotomy existed where more kisses
and full-blown smooches were certified as viewing-worthy for all ages in
international films while cuts were demanded of their Bollywood
counterparts, failing which they’d get a restrictive viewer rating. The
Censor Board has decided to bring all films under the same ‘moral
vision’ as it were.The first film to take the cut is Lasse Hallstrom’s The Hundred Foot Journey starring Om Puri and Hellen Mirren. The film is set in France and there is inevitably a French kiss. However, it isn’t between Puri and Dame Mirren, but between Manish Dayal (he plays Om’s son in the film) and his French girlfriend played by Charlotte Le Bon.
Says a source, “The CBFC (Central Board of Film Certification) gave the film’s co-producers Reliance Big Entertainment the choice of retaining the French kiss with a U/A (Parental Guidance) certificate or to drop it and get a U rating. Reliance has opted for the latter option, allowing a much wider audience to watch the film.”
Says a source close to the Board, “When kissing was allowed to remain in Hollywood films, Indian producers would point accusing fingers asking why they couldn’t have kissing scenes in their films. So, from now on, if producers want a serious kiss — not a peck, which the CBFC allows anyway — then they should be prepared for a U/A certificate.”
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