No reference to 'Lucknow' in Jolly LLB 2: Central Board

It’s okay to poke fun at the judiciary, but not to name a city. This is the message that the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC aka Censor Board) has sent across loud and clear to the makers of Jolly LLB 2.

Removed references

The  film is set in the city of Lucknow. But all dialogues taking light-hearted digs at the city of cuisine and manners, have been asked to be removed.

Lines referring to the city that go thus, “Lucknow kachahari mein koi cheez time pe hui hai kya?”and “Baahar Lucknow ke lawyer mujhe kya bulaate hain?”, the name of the city has been replaced by ‘local’.

Another line of  dialogue goes, “Yeh Delhi nahin, Lucknow hai”, Lucknow has been ordered out and replaced by Awadh. The name of the city has also been muted from the Holi song Go Pagal.

Title tattle

A  source close to the development says, “The Censor Board wanted ‘Punjab’ removed from Udta Punjab. The makers had to go to the court to keep the title. Now it’s ‘Udta Lucknow’. They’ve deleted ‘Lucknow’ from Jolly LLB 2. At this rate, our filmmakers would have to set all their films in no man’s land.”