Censor scissor slashes three scenes from Ghajini

Aamir Khan sure knows how to take things in his stride. Yesterday, the Censor Board passed Ghajini but not before making three cuts. The film got a U/A Certificate. But while Aamir walked out of the Censor Board screening without a tinge of disappointment, the film's director, A R Murugadoss was quite upset with the Censor Board's decision. He kept arguing that they were being too harsh on his film.

The key reason why the Censor Board made the three cuts was because they thought that the film was too violent. The screening for the Censor Board was held at Liberty Cinema.

The Censors objected to three scenes. 1) A man hits Asin with a rod twice. 2) Aamir breaks a baddie's neck. 3) Aamir hits a villain with a tap and when the knob of the tap pierces the baddie's stomach, blood starts dripping from the tap.

When contacted, Vinayak Azad (Regional Officer, Censor Board) confirmed the news and said, "Yes, we have cut the three scenes which you are talking about." Explaining the cuts, Vinayak said, "We toned down the Asin scene and the neck-breaking by 50 per cent. As for the tap scene, we couldn't pass that as it was too gory."

Vinayak added, "Murugadoss wanted to know why we couldn't let those scenes remain as they were since he has simply made a remake and the original version had all these scenes. Murugadoss was especially particular about retaining the tap scene. We explained that we wouldn't let it go in its original state unless he was okay with an A certificate."

After consultation, Aamir and Murugadoss decided that they didn't want an A certificate. "Murugadoss was a bit disappointed but Aamir looked calm and composed," said Vinayak.