Overview

• Producers have filed a petition challenging the CBFC Revising Committee’s decision that granted only an adults-only certificate with six mandated modifications.
• Objections include deleting a beef biryani scene and lines referencing ‘dhwaj pranamam’, plus changes to a burqa disguise sequence, a police interrogation, and references such as Holy Angels College of Nursing, Ganapati Vattam, and “abhyantara shatrukkal,” with consent sought for a bishop’s depiction.
• The High Court admitted the plea, asked the Union government to respond, and listed the matter for October 14, leaving certification unresolved.
• Issuance of the censor certificate is on hold, pushing back the planned September release after the film was referred to the Revising Committee without prior written reasons, according to the makers.
• The filmmakers call the demands unjustified, assert the movie does not insult any faith, and question why it would remain restricted to adult audiences even after the prescribed cuts.