Brett's Butt cut out

Contrary to reports, the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC aka the Censor Board) didn’t order out the lovemaking scene in Brett Lee-starrer UnIndian. They just asked for a trim-down.

However, the producer-director Anupam Chopra voluntarily offered to remove the scene entirely. But the Board was insistent on one cut — that of the ex-cricketer’s butt.

Explains Censor chief Pahlaj Nihalani, “The sequence showed the lead pair making love intercut with shots of a guru chanting mantras. But we never asked them to delete it, just to trim it. Instead, Anupam did away with it. That sequence now just has a suggestion of lovemaking and not the act itself. Even the hero’s nude shot has been removed.”

Personally, Pahlaj feels there is much virtue in showing less. “I personally feel the sequence looks better now than it did earlier,” he says.