Akshay Kumar’s ‘TEPK’ under CBFC scanner, gets 8 verbal cuts

Akshay Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar’s upcoming drama ‘Toilet – Ek Prem Katha’ is meant to highlight a social cause. We know that this film is in sync with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Swacch Bharat Abhiyan’ and holds a strong message of proper sanitation, and has a message against open defecation. But despite having a good thought behind the making, the Central Board of Film Certification has not been lenient with this film. As per reports, the CBFC has demanded almost 8 verbal cuts in the film, before granting it a U/A certificate.

A source from CBFC has stated that the film has Akshay making some crude statements which are not appropriate. Source stated, “In one sequence, Akshay Kumar is heard telling his screen-wife, ‘Tumne mujhe teen baar jagaya hai. Main koi saand hoon kya (you’ve woken me up thrice…am I a bull?)’. In another sequence, a character says, he goes to pee with a rassi (thread) around his ears. He means the sacred janao worn by Brahmins. And we saw no reason for something with such sanctity attached to it being referred to so facetiously.” [sic]

Apart from this, some expletives, like Hindi word ‘haraami‘ too have been removed. Well, no matter how much ever hard you try to make a socially relevant film, the CBFC will not go easy on you. ‘Toilet – Ek Prem Katha’ has proved to be a classic example of the same.

Directed by Shree Narayan Singh, ‘Toilet – Ek Prem Katha’ dwells with subject of proper sanitation facilities for women in Indian. Even today, the women in rural areas are forced to go in the forest defecate in open, due to lack of proper amenities. It’s not only because of the financial issues that people can’t build toilets in their home, but it’s also because of the close-minded mentality that we have been living with for years. (Also Read: Toilet – Ek Prem Katha’: 6 reasons why we are waiting for this Akshay and Bhumi-starrer)

‘Toilet – Ek Prem Katha’ makes it to the theatres on August 11, 2017.

Nikita Thakkar

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