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Krishna Bhagwan Varun Dhawan playing the sax gets the axe

18 Sep 2017

No sax please, we are Indians. The saxophone is normally considered a sexy instrument. So shall we keep it that way? DavidDhawan, it seems, crossed limits of decency (and I quote a CBFCsource) when in his new comedy rocker Judwaa2 he got his son Varun Dhawan to play Lord Krishna in a song playing the.no , not the flutebut the saxophone. Outraged on behalf of a nation that has lately become more protective about its sacred cows, thecensor board members clamped down on Davids harmless fun (as the films team describes it). Says a source close to the film, It was all in fun. In a song-and-dance sequenceVarun dresses up as Lord Krishna and plays the saxophone. The censor board has asked all the shots ofVarun Dhawanas Lord Krishna to be removed. To David Dhawana shock, the censor board accused him of hurting religious sentiments. How can your son play Lord Krishna? they argued, forgetting that BJPs blue-eyed boyAkshayKumarhad played Lord Krishna inUmeshShuklas Oh My God.And how can Lord Krishna play the saxophone? Its blasphemous! the censor board declared, leaving Dhawan and his producerSajidNadiadwalano choice but to remove the ostensibly offensivereferences to God. A source from theCBFC which doesnt wish to be named says the era ofmythologicalis over. You cant cast any actor as Rama or Krishna. Human beings can no longer play God.