While the Indian censor board has given a clean chit to Salman Khan-starrer Race 3, it’s British counterpart doesn’t share the same feelings. The big-budget action film has been granted a 12 A certification (meaning children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult) by the British censor board, which has also asked that certain scenes with strong violence be cut from the film.
A source from the Indian censor board finds the discrepancy in perception to be disconcerting. “Are we to presume that the Indian censor board is more liberal than its British counterpart? To be honest we did have reservations about certain shots being suitable for a UA certification. But there is a standing instruction from above that nothing should be cut unless absolutely necessary. We are looking at an era of unstoppable liberalism in the censor board. This is to countermand the sanskari era of Pahlaj Nihalani.”
While censor board chief Prasoon Joshi has refrained from commenting, this is what former chief Pahlaj Nihalani has to say, “If you are a filmmaker with strong sexual or violent content, now is the time to quickly go to the censor board. I hear nothing gets stopped. Sanskari censorship has been replaced by sab-chalta-hai censorship. Welcome to the new liberal world.”
