The movie Bad Newz, which is a comic caper, will be released on Friday and the anticipation for it is massive among the audiences and trade as its fresh cast, chartbuster songs and its attractive trailer have created a lot of buzz. Some days back, the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) passed the film. In this report, We will tell you what parts were cut from Bad Newz.
According to the cut-list, no audio has been cut from the film. But three scenes in which two characters are kissing were censored by Examining Committee of CBFC. The three are: one of nine seconds, another one for ten seconds and finally eight seconds long. In all, these three scenes were changed by censor board totaling 27 seconds.
Surprisingly, it is mentioned that “visual of lip-lock be modified” on the cut list. And also asserts that not a single frame has been cut. It will be interesting how these kissing scenes have been “modified” and viewers shall know when they watch this movie.
Other changes asked by CBFC were very minor such as replacing a disclaimer in the beginning; including anti-alcohol statics and increasing font size of anti-alcohol statics.
After making these changes CBFC gave Bad Newz UA certificate. The length of the film according to censor certificate is 142 minutes. Hence, Bad Newz is two hours twenty two minutes long.
Neha Dhupia supports Vicky Kaushal, Triptii Dimri and Ammy Virk who star in Bad Newz while being directed by Anand Tiwari who produced it through Dharma Productions Karan Johar, Leo Media Collective Pvt Ltd Anand Tiwari Manish Menghani Amazon Prime’s Amritpal Singh Bindra among others. It will come out on July 19th.