Aamir Khan’s upcoming film Sitaare Zameen Par has landed into trouble with the Censor Board. As per a report in Bollywood Hungama, the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has asked the makers to make “two cuts” in the film, but Aamir has refused it. With a few days to go for the release, the film hasn’t been granted a censor certificate yet. It is also learnt that Aamir will be meeting the CBFC Examining Committee to sort out the issue.
“The CBFC have asked for two cuts. Aamir Khan feels the film should be passed without these cuts. He and director R S Prasanna have made the film with a lot of thought. Certain scenes and dialogues, when seen in context, seem completely appropriate,” a source told Bollywood Hungama.
The source, however, has no knowledge of the kind of cuts asked by the CBFC.
“With Aamir not accepting the cuts, the censor certificate wasn’t awarded to Sitaare Zameen Par. Aamir now plans to once again meet the CBFC Examining Committee on Monday and put forward his point of view. Hopefully, a solution will be achieved and the CBFC will pass the film on June 16. Once that’s done, the advance booking of the film will be thrown open. As per rules, cinemas can’t sell tickets in the absence of a censor certificate,” added the source.
It is to be noted that the film has been passed by the British Censor Board, called the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), with a 12A certificate. The BBFC website mentioned that the film contains ‘discrimination and moderate sex references’. It further states that the film’s run time is 2 hours and 35 minutes.
Directed by RS Prasanna, the film also stars Genelia Deshmukh. It is slated to release on June 20.