CBFC goes sanskaari on The Hitman s Bodyguard; orders 39 beeps and mutes for the F word

Even if you are Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson, the censor board in India is not going to allow you to cuss and abuse on screen. To their horror, Reynolds and Jackson s fast flying f**k-filled verbal exchanges in The Hitman s Bodyguard have all been lobotomized and castrated by the Central Board Of Film Certification (CBFC) rendering what s the film s main USP the constant tu-tu-main-main between the two male leads into a whittled-down wimpy polite vegetarian sundar susheel dialogues.

Apparently, the film s Indian distributors MVP Entertainment fought tooth and nail to retain the language. They argued that the way the two heroes spoke in The Hitman s Bodyguard cannot be changed without damaging the film s tempo and tenor. But strong verbal language is a taboo at the CBFC now under Prasoon Joshi as it was under Pahlaj Nihalani, says a source close to the CBFC.

Apparently 39 f***s , ass****s and mother f***s were ordered out.

Sunil Udhani, who helms MVP Entertainment says Censor skirmishes are nothing new for Hollywood films. That’s not a new thing as the CBFC is doing this with most Hollywood movies because of the outdated guidelines they are following. Fortunately, The Hitman s Bodyguard has lot more substance than just the dialogues, and audiences are laughing throughout and enjoying the action scenes, so I don’t see much damage done there.