Censor Board suggests 14 cuts to Madhur Bhandarkar's 'Indu Sarkar', director plans to approach revising committee

MUMBAI: Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar today said the censor board has asked for 14 cuts in his political drama "Indu Sarkar", which is set against the backdrop of Emergency.

Unhappy with the decision, the director is now planning to approach the revising committee.

According to Bhandarkar, the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has asked to remove Indian Herald Newspaper cutting, which has - leader names like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Morarji Desai and L K Advani in 1975.

The board has also asked the director to delete dialogues such as 'Ab iss jesh mein Gandhi ke maayne badal chuke hai', 'Bharat ki ek beti ne desh ko bandi banaya hua hai' and 'Aur tum log jindagibhar Maa- Bete ki gulaami karte rahoge'.

Words such as Kishore Kumar, IB, PM, Section officer, RSS, Akaali, Communist and Jayprakash Narayan are also facing scissors.

"We are very disappointed with the cuts they have asked for. Those dialogues were part of the censored trailer. Changing so many dialogues will change the essence of the film. We will go to the revising committee hoping we will get a clearance there," Bhandarkar said in a statement today.

In his tweets, the filmmaker said he did not understand the logic behind censoring the words in the movie but allowing them in the trailer.

Just got out of #InduSarkar film censor screening.Am appalled at the 14 cuts suggested by the committee.Will go to the revising committee.

— Madhur Bhandarkar (@imbhandarkar) July 10, 2017

How can d dialogues in d trailer b deleted frm d film? Am i missing some logic or r difrnt yardsticks being used during censor?#InduSarkar

— Madhur Bhandarkar (@imbhandarkar) July 10, 2017