Jab Harry Met Sejal: Will clear word ‘intercourse’ if get 1 lakh votes in favour, says CBFC chief

CBFC chief Pahlaj Nihalani has said he wants to see that Indian families want their 12-year-olds to know and understand the word “intercourse”. If he gets a lakh votes in favour, he is ready to clear the word in the Imtiaz Ali film.

Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) chief Pahlaj Nihalani has said he would clear the use of the word “intercourse” in the promo and film of Imtiaz Ali’s Shah Rukh-starrer Jab Harry met Sejal, if he gets one lakh votes from the common people in its support.

CBFC chairman Pahlaj Nihalani during inauguration of new office premise of the Central Board of Film Certification in Mumbai on April 4. (IANS)

Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma in a still from Jab Harry Met Sejal.

In an interview to a TV channel, Pahlaj said on Friday, “You take voting from the public and I will clear the word (intercourse) on the promo and the film also. I want one lakh votes and I want to see that India has changed and Indian families want their 12-year-old kids to understand the meaning of this word (intercourse).”

After watching the promo, Nihalani told an English daily that they have granted a U/A certification to the trailer on condition of deletion of the intercourse dialogue. “They’re yet to come back to us on that. So in principle, the trailer has not been passed yet,” he said.

“They’ve uploaded the uncut trailer on YouTube. The CBFC cannot stop content on the internet. But we can and will stop the broadcast of the uncensored footage on television,” he added.

“Jab Harry Met Sejal” will release on August 4.

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