Mirzapur The Movie has received an ‘A’ certificate from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), with the makers asked to make several changes before its release. While cuss words, a caste reference, and intimate scenes faced modifications, the film’s violent and gory sequences remained untouched. The film’s runtime also exceeds three hours.
Mirzapur CBFC changes
As per a report in Bollywood Hungama, the CBFC asked for several cuts before handing over the censor certificate to the makers. Cuss words were muted at four places, while at six places, the abuses were replaced with ‘appropriate’ words. The dialogue ‘Galey se lag gar’ was also modified.
In the first half of the film, a word was replaced with ‘kamar’. Meanwhile, in the post-interval part, the word ‘lanth’, which means idiot, was asked to be modified. A caste reference was also asked to be modified.
As for the visual cuts, the makers were asked to reduce intimate scenes by 50 percent. Interestingly, not a single violent or gory scene was censored by the CBFC. The film received its certificate on August 29. The CBFC has cleared the film with an ‘A’ rating, revealing that Mirzapur The Movie’s runtime exceeds three hours. Notably, Mirzapur The Movie joins the post-pandemic trend of violent films having longer runtimes. Toxic, which hit the screens on Wednesday, August 26, also had a duration of 3 hours and 14 minutes.
About Mirzapur The Movie
Mirzapur The Movie is a film adaptation of the series Mirzapur, which has achieved cult status among viewers in India. The film releases on September 4 and features Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal, Divyenndu, Jitendra Kumar, Abhishek Banerjee, Rasika Dugal, Mohitt Malik, Sheeba Chadha, Rajesh Tailang, Shriya Pilgaonkar, Harshita Shekhar Gaur, Shweta Tripathi, Sonal S Chauhan, Anangsha Biswas, Shaji Choudhary, Sushant Singh, and Ravi Kishan.
Directed by Gurmmeet Singh and written by Puneet Krishna, the film is produced by Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar under the Excel Entertainment banner. Kassim Jagmagia and Vishal Ramchandani serve as co-producers.
The trailer of Mirzapur The Movie immediately drops audiences into the chaotic world of Mirzapur, where alliances can change in a heartbeat and everyone seems to have their eyes on the coveted throne. The familiar intensity is intact, but the stakes appear to have been raised considerably for its theatrical outing.
