Shahid Kapoor starrer Udta Punjab, based on Punjab’s drug crisis, has landed into trouble with the Central Board For Film Certification (CBFC).
More than 40 cuts for Abhishek Choubey’s Udta Punjab were ordered by the Central Board Of Film Certification (CBFC). These, according to a source, include any number of expletives, plus a song. Visuals of substance abuse were also asked to be removed.The film’s leading man Shahid Kapoor is a drug addict and is shown to be a serial abuser.
Rather than go to the Revising Committee of the CBFC, producer Anurag Kashyap went straight to the Tribunal in the hope of a hasty clearance with nominal cuts. Alternatively, the Minister of Information & Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore has also been approached to clear the film with an ‘A’ certificate, sans cuts.
However there is no comment from the stakeholders of Udta Punjab. Starring Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Diljit Dosanjh, the movie is set to release on June 17.