After the success of Mardaani (2014) and Mardaani 2 (2019), Rani Mukerji is back because the fiery inspector, Shivani Shivaji Roy, with Mardaani 3. The film, produced by Yash Raj Movies (YRF), was originally scheduled to be released on February 27. Earlier this month, it was preponed and now it’ll arrive in cinemas in lower than every week, on January 30. Accordingly, the makers accomplished the censor process in time. In this text, Bollywood Hungama will exclusively concentrate on the cuts suffered by the motion thriller.
EXCLUSIVE: CBFC replaces ‘bachhi’ with ‘ladki’ in Mardaani 3; modifies slapping visuals
To start with, the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) asked the makers to insert drug disclaimers. The word ‘bachhi’ was replaced with ‘ladki’. Because the scene in query involved sexual violence, the makers needed to submit age proof of the actor to make clear that she was not a minor.
Then, visuals of a woman being slapped were modified. The word ‘wh**e’ was replaced with ‘trader’ within the English subtitles. A derogatory reference towards mother was muted. The word having reference to sexual organs was replaced with appropriate words. Similarly, words having a negative reference to the Government of India were also asked to get replaced.
The names of certain countries were asked to be deleted in a scene. As asked by the CBFC, the makers submitted a clarification with regard to a dialogue made by kidnappers within the film. Lastly, the makers were asked to insert information text on child and woman trafficking.
Once these changes were made, Mardaani 3 was passed with a U/A 16+ certificate on January 14. The length of the film, as mentioned on the censor certificate, is 137.07 minutes. In other words, Mardaani 3 is 2 hours, 17 minutes and seven seconds long.
YRF goes for voluntary modifications
Nearly 10 days after securing the certificate, the makers of Mardaani 3 approached the CBFC to make voluntary cuts to the film. Accordingly, changes were made in as many as 14 scenes. The scenes were either deleted or shortened. These cuts are within the range of 9 seconds and 59 seconds.
Due to these cuts, Mardaani 3 is now 6 minutes and 30 seconds shorter. The brand new run time of the film is 130.37 minutes, that’s, 2 hours, 10 minutes and 37 seconds. The voluntary cuts were approved by the CBFC on January 23.
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