Mumbai April 19 (IANS) Hansal Mehtas gritty raw brutal and disturbing "Omerta" the film about the global terror activities of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh has finally been cleared by the Central Board of Film Certification with an A certificate.
Mehta who has in the past fought many brave battles with the censor board was ready for a long grim fight to ensure nothing was tampered with in "Omerta". In an earlier interview he had said he would not allow even a single cut.
However only one major cut has been ordered. It is the sequence where Sheikh essayed by actor Rajkummar Rao is seen urinating in prison while the Indian national anthem plays outside.
The censor board has asked for the national anthem to be removed from this offensive scene.
"Omerta" producer Furquan Khan said: "We ve been asked to remove the national anthem from that sequence and replace it with routine background music. We happily complied and walked away with an ‘A certificate which the film deserves."
The film which was scheduled to release on Friday is now being readied for a May 4 release when it will rub shoulders with Umesh Shukla s Amitabh Bachchan-Rishi Kapoor father-son comedy "102 Not Out".
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