2 days ago, Bollywood Hungama reported that Agra, a rare Hindi film to have frontal nudity, had faced cuts from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). The frontal nudity scene and the abuses were axed, after which the makers got an ‘A’ certificate. Bollywood Hungama exclusively spoke to Kanu Behl after Agra didn’t get sufficient shows in cinemas across the country. We then asked him to comment on the censor cuts as well.
EXCLUSIVE: Kanu Behl BREAKS silence on Agra CBFC cuts: “Got NO pushback from Censors; they were very nice to us…they asked me to chop 3 nudity shows; I convinced them about 2 after which just one shot was deleted”
Kanu Behl said, “I can comment within the context of my film. Thankfully, I got no pushback from the Censors. In actual fact, they were very nice to us. They loved the film. Whatever changes have been made were done by me personally. All they asked me to do was to chop out 3 shots. They said, ‘We love the film. We don’t need to cut anything out of it. We expect it’s a very necessary film. We’re supplying you with an adults-only certificate. Today, even with an adult rating, you can not have nudity and profanity’”.
Kanu continued, “They asked me to chop 3 nudity shots. I used to be capable of consult with them about two and explain the importance of it. Accordingly, I made small alterations. So, all that was deleted was 1 shot. The abuses were also removed, which I didn’t object as I didn’t need to fight that battle since it’s a much larger structural query. Also, the Committee couldn’t do anything about it. They were really upfront about it and I appreciated that.”
When asked about his next film, Kanu Behl replied, “Too early to speak about it. I’m not going to provide up. I would like to maintain fighting (for more shows for Agra). I first need to be certain that this film gets the space that it needs and deserves. I also want to begin a conversation about independent cinema at large. This technique is designed for a monopoly of sad, infantilized movies pandering to people’s entertainment. Slowly, that’s the only space that’s being promoted and that space is cut out for anything which isn’t in that zone.”
Also Read: EXPLOSIVE: Kanu Behl on multiplexes denying shows to Agra: “We’re NOT asking for 1000 screens; we’re only asking for 100 good screens…has the rot set so deep that nobody just cares anymore? Is all of it about Rs. 1000 crores or Rs. 5000 crores?”
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