Overview

• The Central Board of Film Certification cut about 33 seconds of intimate footage between Clark Kent and Lois Lane for being “overly sensual” to meet UA criteria
• Supporters of James Gunn’s reboot have labeled the edits hypocritical given the board’s regular approval of graphic violence in other titles
• Actors like Shreya Dhanwanthary and online creators have publicly denounced the decision as absurd and unfair on social media
• Observers point to similar CBFC interventions in Hollywood films such as “F1” and “Thunderbolts” to highlight a pattern of selective censorship
• Filmmakers now lack an internal appeal mechanism after the 2021 abolition of the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal, leaving costly court challenges as the only remedy