No ghanta, qafir, minority, dalaal, saala and saali in Bangistan
Subhash K Jha (DNA; July 22, 2015)

Producers Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar can breathe a sigh of relief. Their satire on cross-border terrorism Bangistan has been cleared by the Censor Board with verbal cuts. The film, directed by former film critic Karan Anshuman, opens July 31.

A source close to the project reveals that the chairperson of the censor board Pahlaj Nihalani praised the film for its novel content and treatment. “The film was given a U/A certificate with six verbal cuts. The words that had to go were ghanta (used as an abuse, in case it doesn’t ring a bell), qafir, minority, dalaal, saala and saali. No visuals were cut,” says the source.