Kabir Khan’s ‘Phantom’ cleared with a ‘UA’ certificate

Bollywood’s hot shot filmmaker Kabir Khan is gearing up two films to release this year, one is the Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor starrer ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ and the other is Katrina Kaif and Saif Ali Khan starrer ‘Phantom’. Now after Salman Khan’s ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ being certified a ‘UA’, Kabir Khan’s next ‘Phantom’ too is awarded the same by the Central Board Of Film Certification.

Sources said, “After the screening, when producer Sajid Nadiadwala and director Kabir Khan walked in, they were greeted by applause from the panel members of the Censor Board. This is a very rare occurrence. Both ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ and now ‘Phantom’ have been cleared with ‘UA’ certificates and with minimum cuts.”

Sources added that, “For Phantom, we asked for audio cuts of cuss-words and abuses in Hindi. We didn’t hear abusive language in ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ and Salman doesn’t indulge in abusive dialogue. But ‘Phantom’ has a lot of characters exchanging expletives. We had no choice but to clean out the language.”

Says Phantom producer Sajid Nadiadwala, “In my 25 years as a producer, none of my films has ever been certified ‘A’. It shows where my films are aimed at.”