‘Ishqiya’ promo censored?

Director Vishal Bharadwaj is once again at loggerheads with the Censor Board. Earlier, he had to swallow the bitter pill when his Kaminey was granted an ‘A’ certificate by the board despite having no expletives or skin exposure.

Now, his production Ishqiya has hit a hurdle with the board because it has the word ‘sex’ in it. Though the theatrical promo of the film by director Abhishek Chaubey was given an ‘A’ certificate, Vishal wanted a U/A certificate to air the promo on television.

But the board officials asked the maverick producer to beep out the word ‘sex’ from the promo.

There is a scene in the film where Arshad Warsi questions Naseeruddin Shah: ‘Tumhara pyar, pyar, aur hamara pyar, sex’. The board has objected to this dialogue.

But Vishal isn’t happy with the board’s stand. He feels it’s regressive to think that the word ‘sex’ is a taboo. He now plans to approach the board’s revising committee.

‘Ishqiya’ tells a story of two thugs who take shelter in the house of a friend’s widow, played by Vidya Balan, in a village. The two thieves fall in love with the widow, who manipulates them with her charms.