Director Vikram Bhatt, whose films have ran into censorship hurdles in the past, had a tough time with the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) for his upcoming flick, Raaz Reboot. He concedes that the cuts they asked for the Emraan Hashmi-Kriti Kharbanda-Gaurav Arora-starrer left him flabbergasted.
The CBFC told the filmmaker to cut down the usage of the ‘F’ word from 32 to 16. The original scene in question features a possessed Kriti screaming the ‘F’ word at Emraan and Gaurav in a satanic kind of succession.Vikram says the reason given to him was that `32 is too much and can’t be allowed’.
In another instance, the trailer, which was given a ‘UA’ rating for theatres, was given an A’ rating for television. The director asked his promo makers to study horror shows on TV and cut the trailers accordingly. “Out of the three 20-second promos that we sent to the Censor Board, one was given ‘UA’ and the other two were rated ‘A’. I was appalled, “he recalls.
Having had to water down the trailers considerably for a ‘UA’ rating for TV , Vikram admits, “I cannot showcase the horror film unless I use a videosharing site. But there is a huge audience out there that doesn’t even visit the site. How do I reach them?”
Source – Bombay Times
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Be it at school, in the playground, at home, at high school, in the neighbourhood, most children seem to be behaving like adults greeting one other with curse words. In a Gen-Next era where mobile phones have become a part of day to day life and one cannot do without it for a minute. What’s catching up like fire is the trend of curse words floating in the form of lewd jokes, videos, quotes or simply messages. And alarmingly more and more children are exposed to reading such messages as more and more of their friends group share such messages on social networking sites and mobiles. Gaalis have become their way of life.
Most innocent kids don’t even know the meaning of lewd words that seem to catch their fancy and become part of their vocabulary just because their friends use it often. While parents are busy with their own hectic lifestyles they think their kids will not interfere with their work if they are busy playing video games on mobile phones or are busy chatting with their buddies. But what they don’t seem to realise is that the kids are in fact learning the A,B,Cs of gaalis and also use it in their conversations as if it’s cool and fashionable.
So who is going to monitor their behaviour and their diction? Who is going to proof-check their vocabulary and put a stop to the lewd words or replace them with inspirational words and words of wisdom? It’s time to pay attention to children and the time is now, before it’s too late! Would you be surprised if they start using lewd words and address their own family members? Think about it!
India is our nation and we are proud of it. It has given us so much- our roots, our culture, our freedom, our home. We love everything about our nation, the diversity, cultures, richness, natural resources and values. We teach our children that ours is the best country in the world. Indeed it is! And it is our responsibility to value everything it has given us. Our rich cultural heritage also comes with the rich and diverse language heritage. It is estimated that over 780 languages are spoken in India. And sadly it is observed that people are disrespecting their own language by using gaalis in their day to day conversations. 
Their loved ones’ aggression soon reflects as their own and it doesn’t take long for gaalis to then become part of their vocabulary. And they begin to think there’s nothing wrong with it. Most young teens and youngsters greet each other using gaalis as they find it very fashionable and it gives them some kind of control over their feelings. They start using gaalis as they learn them from people around them, their elder siblings, their parents, their neighbours, their seniors at schools or while commuting in buses. There’s so much negativity- they see their parents argue, there’s peer pressure, there’s inferiority complex, there’s sibling rivalry, there’s constant pressure to perform and come out as the best student academically and in sports- Children today are equally under stress as any adult trying to meet ends and win bread. So for them gaalis come easy and it adds more to their aggression and angst. And who is responsible for all this, it’s time to ask this question and find the answer yourself? It’s time to stop using gaalis at home and anywhere you go with children. It’s time to instil the respect for languages in children and teach them the A,B,C of life devoid of gaalis. This will start when you yourself are free from the bondage of gaalis. You have to promise yourself never to use gaalis in your life so as to set a good example to your children who look up to you are their role model.