The Pahlaj Nihalani-led censor board isn't just allergic to all things bovine, it has suddenly grown prickly about 'Radha', a reference that has been done to death in film lyrics over the years.

Even before the controversy over beeping out words like 'cow', 'Hindutva' and 'Gujarat' in a documentary on Nobel laureate Amartya Sen can die down, it has emerged that the Central Board of Film Certification has sought reference to 'Radha' be muted in a song in an innocuous Bengali romcom — Dyakh Kemon Lage. The words 'Vrindavan' and 'rakhal (cowherd)' in another song in the same film had a narrow escape after the directors argued during a hearing that its promo had been cleared with an uncut U certificate.

To avoid any trouble, directors Sudeshna Roy and Abhijit Guha have not only deleted 'Radha', but an entire line in the song that parodies a popular baul number to get a UA certificate. The film is co-produced by Prosenjit Chatterjee and Shyam Sundar Dey and has actors Soham and Subhashree in the lead.