Some time back, we had informed the audience that Thalapathy Vijay’s last film, Jan NayganIt has finally been passed by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) after a struggle of seven months which has been making headlines at regular intervals. In this article, we will focus on the cut given to the action entertainer.
BREAKING: CBFC censors Dr Ambedkar scenes, mention of Vijay’s political party TVK in Jan Nayakan; ‘Om’ and ‘New India’ removed
To begin with, scenes of Dr. BR Ambedkar on the cover page of a book were asked to be modified. However, there is no change in the duration of the scene. Dialogue ‘Ambedkar Sattam…TVK Sattam’ Was asked to change. Additionally, the word ‘TVK’, which stands for Vijay’s party, Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam, has been either muted or modified wherever it is used in the film.
Additionally, scenes of the Indian flag falling on the ground were asked to be removed. Word ‘Bhagavatam’, ‘Ranganathar’ And were asked to mute two abusive words. Wherever the word ‘Om’ was uttered, it was removed and the same applies to the words ‘New India’ which were spoken when the characters were talking about Operation Meluha. A certain dialogue about social media was also asked to be censored.
The scene of DC’s official badge being disrespectfully thrown down was removed and replaced. A certain dialogue regarding a character talking disrespectfully about a woman was muted. Word ‘Siluvalia’ was muted, while the name ‘Sheela Rani’ was replaced wherever it was pronounced. Finally, scenes involving the burning of children were removed from two locations.
In total, 20 seconds of the film were censored. Once these changes were made, Jan Naygan It was passed with an ‘A’ certificate on 9 July. The length of the film as stated on the censor certificate is 183.21 minutes. In other words, Jan Naygan 3 hours, 3 minutes and 21 seconds long.
