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CBFC cracks down on Phillauri; asks to delete Hanuman Chalisa from the ghosts domain

24 Mar 2017

A lengthy sequence showing actorSurajSharmareciting theHanumanChalisain the bath tub in a ghosts presence has been asked to go fromAnshaiLals supernatural satire Phillauri.The CBFCapparently found the sequence incongruous since ghosts are supposed to be eradicated not pacified with the recital of theHanumanChalisa. This amounted to hurting of religious sentiments, says a source from theCBFC. Says the source, TheCBFChas asked for theHanumanChalisato be removed from the soundtrack. All the audience will hear now isSurajSharmas long droning chant which would be inaudible. TheCBFCalso seems to be very sympathetic to snakes. It has asked the makers of Phillauri to insult a scroll in a sequence featuring a snake to indicate no real snake has been hurt in the sequence, that its all computer graphics.