No Lucknow in Jolly LLB 2, censor clamps down on references to the city

7 Feb 2017

Its okay to pokegood naturedfun at the judiciary. But notokto name the city. This is the message that the censor board has sent across loud and clear to the makers of Jolly LLB 2.The film is set in Lucknow. But alldialoguestaking light-hearted digs at the city of cuisine and courtesy have been asked to be removed. In spoken lines referring to the city that go, Lucknowkachaharimeinkoicheeztimepehuihaikya?(has anything in the courts of Lucknow happened on time?) and Baahar Lucknowkelawyermujhekyabulaatehain (what do lawyers outside Lucknow call me), the name of the city has been replaced by Local. In another line of dialogue, Yeh DelhinahinLucknow hai, Lucknow has been ordered out and replaced by Awadh. The name of the city has also been muted from theHolisong Gopaagal.A source close to the development says, The censor board wanted Punjab removed from UdtaPunjab. The makers had to go to court to keep the same. Now its Udta Lucknow. Theyve deleted Lucknow from Jolly LLB 2.At this rate our filmmakers would have to set all their films in a no mans land.