Subhash K Jha (DNA; August 29, 2016)

We might as well be living in Victorian times. Why? Well, Sidharth Malhotra-Katrina Kaif-starrer Baar Baar Dekho was refused certification until they removed an ‘offensive shot of a woman’s brasserie’ (bra for short) from the film. They complied and got a ‘UA’ certificate.

Obviously, the BBD team isn’t happy at all. “We don’t live in times where women’s innerwear is never spoken of in public. In fact, even as late as 1995, there was a scene featuring Kajol in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. Moreover, BBD is directed by a woman (Nitya Mehra). To assume she’d use the lingerie scene for titillation is absurd,” says a source.

The other cut the Central Board of Film Certification demanded was a naughty reference to Savita Bhabhi, the popular porn comic character. Says the source, “We were asked to delete the reference. The name is used in a light-hearted manner in the film. If a porn reference is objectionable, how was Sunny Leone’s name used in A Flying Jatt?”