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Our censor board is ridiculous. DNA<\/i> reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

At a time when ads on TV are advocating the use a condom, the Indian Censor Board has chopped off a scene from Atul Agnihotri’s upcoming film Hello<\/i> where Gul Panag asks her co-actor (Sharman Joshi) whether he is carrying a condom before they have casual sex.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Gul says, “The scene has me and Sharman making out. Like any educated woman I ask Sharman whether he is carrying a condom before we get into the act. Though the lovemaking scene will be retained, the ‘condom’ dialogue has been chopped off.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So sex is ok, but safe sex is not. Go figure.<\/p>\n

And really, the very thought of a censor board makes steam come out of my ears. Why should a committee of people have the right to tell a filmmaker what he may or may not show in his film? What gives them the wisdom to decide what is appropriate viewing for me and my fellow countrymen? Pah.<\/p>\n

Thank FSM our government doesn’t take blogs as seriously.<\/p>\n

Also read<\/b>: <\/p>\n

Mommy-Daddy, Go Away<\/a>
\nThe Ministry of Wet Dreams<\/a>
\nFighting Against Censorship<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our censor board is ridiculous. DNA<\/i> reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

At a time when ads on TV are advocating the use a condom, the Indian Censor Board has chopped off a scene from Atul Agnihotri’s upcoming film Hello<\/i> where Gul Panag asks her co-actor (Sharman Joshi) whether he is carrying a condom before they have casual sex.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Gul says, “The scene has me and Sharman making out. Like any educated woman I ask Sharman whether he is carrying a condom before we get into the act. Though the lovemaking scene will be retained, the ‘condom’ dialogue has been chopped off.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

So sex is ok, but safe sex is not. Go figure.<\/p>\n

And really, the very thought of a censor board makes steam come out of my ears. Why should a committee of people have the right to tell a filmmaker what he may or may not show in his film? What gives them the wisdom to decide what is appropriate viewing for me and my fellow countrymen? Pah.<\/p>\n

Thank FSM our government doesn’t take blogs as seriously.<\/p>\n

Also read<\/b>: <\/p>\n

Mommy-Daddy, Go Away<\/a>
\nThe Ministry of Wet Dreams<\/a>
\nFighting Against Censorship<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,9,3,15,17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nSex Ok. Condom Not Ok - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/sex-ok-condom-not-ok\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sex Ok. Condom Not Ok - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Our censor board is ridiculous. 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