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Woah! Saif Ali Khan’s ‘Kaalakaandi’ Ordered 73 Cuts by CBFC
Ref: https://www.thequint.com/bollywood/2017/08/16/saif-ali-khan-kaalakaandi-cbfc
Writer Akshat Verma who served up an orgy of profanities in his screenplay of Delhi Belly is back with a new film Kaalakaandi, this time as both writer and director.

The Central Board Of Film Certification (CBFC) has reportedly ordered as many as 73 cuts in Kaalakaandi. This staggering number of deletions is a record of sorts.

A source from the CBFC commented, “Kaalakaandi makes Delhi Belly look like a Disney film. When Delhi Belly was released there were waves of shock and disbelief among the public at the torrent of profanities. But Kaalakaandi sets an all-new benchmark of expletives. We at the CBFC heard gaalis that we had never heard of and never imagined existed. The film is a dictionary of dirty abuses. I am sure it will prove highly educational if the cuts are restored.”