Don't say Dhobi!

As of now, all references to caste, community and creed -- good or bad -- are prohibited from being used in film, as per the guidelines of the Central Board for Film Certification (also known as the Censor Board), which has asked the makers of Bombay Velvet to remove the word 'dhobi' from a song in the film.While this isn't new -- Shah Rukh Khan was asked to remove the word 'Barber' from his film's title, eventually releasing it as Billu because The Salon and Beauty Parlour associations were up in arms against the movie's title -- people routinely find references objectionable."In fact, Aamir Khan's Dhobi Ghat had to get a clearance from the dhobi community before it could be called that," says a source from the censor board.HighlightWay back in 2008 for the film Aaja Nachle the word lohaar (blacksmith) had to be removed from a song featuring Madhuri Dixit-Nene.