Singham Again: CBFC censors 7.12 minutes of footage; Simmba flirting, visuals depicting connection with Ramayan ‘suitably’ modified- Report

With just days left until the release of Singham Again, a new report has surfaced with regards to the film’s runtime, and CBFC certification cuts. The Rohit Shetty directorial sees Ajay Devgn, Ranveer Singh, Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor reprise their roles from the cop universe while Tiger Shroff and Deepika Padukone are the newest additions to the team.

A recent report reveals per a recent report, the Central Board of Film Certification has issued Singham Again a U/A certificate. It further states that the film’s final length is now 144.12 minutes, aka 2 hours 24 minutes and 12 seconds long. Read on to know the details of the changes made to the film.

Singham Again receives CBFC certification

As reported by Bollywood Hungama, the CBFC has granted a U/A certificate to Singham Again. However, the Rohit Shetty directorial had to go through several modifications for it. As per the report, the Examining Committee asked the makers to suitably modify the 23-second-long ‘match cut’ visuals depictions of Lord Rama, Sita Mata and Lord Hanuman with that of Singham, Avni and Simmba respectively. The board also asked for a 23-second-long visual of ‘Singham with Shri Ram, touching feet’ to be ‘suitably modified’.

The report further revealed in 4 places, the dialogue of the character Zubair were deleted and suitably modified. In other places, the dialogue between Zubair and Simmba was modified. The visuals of the Constitutional head were deleted and his dialogues were suitably modified in 2 places. Presumably in one of these scenes, the visual of Avni was also suitably modified.

The makers also asked the makers to delete the 16-second visual of Raavan grabbing, pulling and pushing Sita in the drama scene. A 29-second scene of ‘Hanuman burning and dialogue of Simmba flirting’ was deleted.

Singham Again scenes deleted

Aside from these, a 26-second dialogue and visuals were deleted and suitably modified as it “affected international diplomatic relations of India with neighbouring state”. Then, a scene of the beheading inside the police station was blurred. The colour of the religious flag was suitably modified and in the same sequence, the use of the ‘Shiv Strota’ in the background score was removed. Finally, a dialogue of Zubair, ‘Teri kahaani ka Raavan main hoon, tere chahite ko bhej’, was suitably modified. In the same scene, the colour of the flag was also modified.

Finally, the CBFC asked the makers to redraft the disclaimer stating that “This film is purely a work of fiction…Although the film is inspired by the story of Lord Ram, neither its narrative nor the characters should be viewed as revered deities…The story features contemporary characters of today…or societies, and their cultures, customs, practices, and traditions.” This disclaimer lasts 1 minute and 19 seconds while the total length of the cuts is 7 minutes and 12 seconds.

Once these changes were made, the CBFC passed the film on October 28.

About the film

Written and directed by Rohit Shetty, Singham Again stars Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Ranveer Singh and Akshay Kumar reprising their roles in the cop universe. Joining the action-packed franchise this time are Deepika Padukone and Tiger Shroff as well as Arjun Kapoor and Jackie Shroff as the film’s villains.

The film will see Bajirao Singham follow the clues and details hidden within the Ramayana to rescue his wife Avni when she is kidnapped by terrorist Danger Lanka. The film is scheduled to release on Diwali, November 1, clashing with Kartik Aaryan-led Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3.

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