<p>Apparently the censor board objected to a sequence showing a policeman trying to rape the young hero (Sikandar Aggarwal) in custody. Mishra put his foot down and refused to cut the sequence.<br /><br />“Why does this always happen to me? It's almost as if there's a separate censorship code for me from other filmmakers. Invariably my films get into a situation on matters that are allowed to remain in other people's films,” he said.<br /><br />Mishra finds it strange that the censors objected to a sequence of atrocity in police custody. <br /><br />“It isn't as if I was showing something that doesn't happen. And I didn't even show the boy being sodomised. I showed the cop attempting it. The boy escapes. But so many real-life underage delinquents go through unmentionable torture. Are we not supposed to show that?”<br /><br />In another sequence, a cop shoots a man and says it happened because his hand accidently moved on the trigger.<br /><br />“They also wanted me to delete all the maa-bahen ki galis. As if we haven't seen characters abusing in other films! I really don't understand these double standards,” said the director.<br /><br />Rather than fight a long battle with the censor board, Mishra agreed to accept an 'Adults' certificate with relatively lesser cuts.<br /><br />“I had two choices. I could fight a battle or accept an 'A' certificate with less cuts. There was no time for a fight. I took the 'A' certificate. But I feel we need to have more uniform rules of censorship.”<br /><br />On a happier note the film's leading man Neil Nitin Mukesh has finally agreed to do some promotional activities for the film. And yes the film's young protagonist, the real-life street child Sikandar is 19 now.<br /><br />“Sikandar is good on the computer. He's qualified to take up a job. But he wants to continue living out of my office where I put him up after picking him up from the streets of Kolkata to play a role in my film,” said Mishra.<br /><br /></p>
<p>Apparently the censor board objected to a sequence showing a policeman trying to rape the young hero (Sikandar Aggarwal) in custody. Mishra put his foot down and refused to cut the sequence.<br /><br />“Why does this always happen to me? It's almost as if there's a separate censorship code for me from other filmmakers. Invariably my films get into a situation on matters that are allowed to remain in other people's films,” he said.<br /><br />Mishra finds it strange that the censors objected to a sequence of atrocity in police custody. <br /><br />“It isn't as if I was showing something that doesn't happen. And I didn't even show the boy being sodomised. I showed the cop attempting it. The boy escapes. But so many real-life underage delinquents go through unmentionable torture. Are we not supposed to show that?”<br /><br />In another sequence, a cop shoots a man and says it happened because his hand accidently moved on the trigger.<br /><br />“They also wanted me to delete all the maa-bahen ki galis. As if we haven't seen characters abusing in other films! I really don't understand these double standards,” said the director.<br /><br />Rather than fight a long battle with the censor board, Mishra agreed to accept an 'Adults' certificate with relatively lesser cuts.<br /><br />“I had two choices. I could fight a battle or accept an 'A' certificate with less cuts. There was no time for a fight. I took the 'A' certificate. But I feel we need to have more uniform rules of censorship.”<br /><br />On a happier note the film's leading man Neil Nitin Mukesh has finally agreed to do some promotional activities for the film. And yes the film's young protagonist, the real-life street child Sikandar is 19 now.<br /><br />“Sikandar is good on the computer. He's qualified to take up a job. But he wants to continue living out of my office where I put him up after picking him up from the streets of Kolkata to play a role in my film,” said Mishra.<br /><br /></p>