Censor board chops off two middle finger shots from Ungli
Rensil D'Silva's Ungli has the middle finger playing central role in the movie, so it is not surprising to see the cast going around showing the middle finger.
Rensil D'Silva's Ungli has the middle finger playing central role in the movie, so it is not surprising to see the cast going around showing the middle finger.
But what Rensil sees an act of defiance, is offensive to the censor board. The Censor Board Of Film Certification has chopped off at least two shots of the characters flashing their middle finger in the film.
Rensil says it is an act of defiance expressing the indigence and contempt that the film's characters feel for the corruption all around them.
Confirming the cut, Rensil said, "Yes, there were some changes in the dialogue and two shots of the middle finger had to go. Which was a reasonable cut considering we a got a UA certificate."
"We've seen angry and violent films on corruption. But we've never really had a film on corruption that is funny. Ungli, in that sense, breaks new ground," he added.
Rensil D'Silva who wrote the iconic Rang De Basanti feels there is a need to address corruption at lower level.
"We are habituated to billion-rupee scams and exposes. But what about corruption at the grassroot level? What about the autorickshaw driver who refuses a passenger? What about those potholes that create havoc in our lives? The potholes won't go away because of my film. But at least Ungli looks at the problem of corruption from where the common man gets affected."
Ungli starring Sanjay Dutt, Emraan Hashmi, Kangana Ranaut, Randeep Hooda, Neil Bhoopalan, and Angad Bedi is set to release on November 28.