Accident at the Censor Board

Despite an 'A' certificate, the panel suggests major cuts in the film

Mahesh Nair, director of Celina Jaitly-Farooque Shaikh starrer Accident On Hill Road is a livid man. The Censor Board has objected to a one minute-50 second scene in his movie. The scene showing Celina and Abhimanyu Singh in bed making love has raised the eyebrows of the authorities making them chop some portions.



The film has been given an 'A' certificate, but Nair says the board isn't playing fair. "In the recent past, there have been movies depicting violence and sex but that has gone unnoticed."

Claiming that his love making scene is aesthetically shot he adds, "In fact, the portion they have raised objections to, doesn't even have a liplock. Despite that they have problems with it."

Describing the three issues the board has raised, Nair says, "Their first problem was that they objected to the lady removing her undergarments in the scene. However, Celina wears stockings that Abhimanyu removes before their lovemaking. I don't think stockings are undergarments, and the board should understand that.

Secondly, they had an issue with too much caressing happening between the actors. They told me instead of touching each other why can't they express their love by looking at each other, through their eyes! Lastly, they thought that one minute and 50 seconds was too long a time for the actors to establish a relation between the two. All these points are totally baseless and unwarranted."

Furious that he has to go with the cut, Nair feels the board only picks on small budget films. "I don't want to take names, but there have been so many films this year with enough liplocks and fight scenes depicting brutality which have made it without cuts, why give a different treatment to me?"