Ahead of its June 26 release, Ahmed Khan's Welcome to the Jungle has been certified by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) after 18 cuts and modifications were carried out.
The list of changes for the Akshay Kumar-starrer included bikini scenes, a reference to Kashmir, hand gestures and more.
Welcome to the Jungle has been censored UA 16+ with a runtime of 164.50 minutes (2 hours 44 minutes).
The certificate shows that 18 cuts, modifications and inclusions were made before Welcome to the Jungle was cleared for release.
Some dialogues from the film were either deleted or modified, including “Kala paida hua hai…koayla hai (He was born dark like coal),” which was modified to, “Saadah paida hua…namoona hua hai (He was born a simpleton).”
A dialogue which goes “Desh ki tatti (The country’s poop),” was also changed, as was ‘Ejjat le lo (Take away my dignity).” “Na Diya” and “Panni of Kashmir” were deleted, as was the word ‘screwed’ from subtitles.
‘Azarudden’ was changed to ‘Allaudin’, ‘andha’ (blind) was replaced with ‘dheela’ (loose), ‘Gorkha Regiment’ was changed to “Tum army se ho? (Are you from the army?),” and ‘General’ was replaced with ‘officer’ or ‘sir’.
CBFC also deleted ‘sensual’ bikini visuals and body movements. It also categorised visuals featuring Disha and Jacqueline as ‘sensual’ while removing them; close-ups of women’s hips, hip movements in a song, and ‘vulgar’ hand gestures were replaced with a close-up of Vindu Dara Singh.
