Overview

• The CBFC’s edits trimmed 41 seconds from the 130-minute film, including two kiss sequences and an eight-second middle-finger gesture.
• Critics highlight that the board routinely approves graphic violence and politically sensitive content while censoring consensual intimacy.
• The board justifies its decisions under Article 19(2) of the constitution and the Cinematograph Act, and filmmakers cannot appeal cuts easily since the 2021 dissolution of the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal.
• Viewers in India have condemned the abrupt skips in cinemas on social media, accusing the board of double standards and moral policing.
• Despite these cuts, Superman has continued to perform strongly at the box office in India, prompting renewed debates over censorship and creative expression.