After
valiantly
crying
out
loud
against
the
comprehensive
cuts
ordered
by
the
censor
board
producer
Kumar
Mangat
has
quietly
accepted
an
'Adults
Only'
censor
certificate
for
Aakrosh,
apparently
without
consulting
the
director
Priyadarshan
who's
currently
in
London
shooting
producer
Ratan
Jain's
thriller
Tezz.
The
certification
of
the
hard
hitting
film
for
Adults
has
not
gone
down
well
with
Priyadarshan
who
feels
young
people
in
the
country
need
to
understand
the
topical
issue
of
honour
killing.
Priyadarshan
was
adamant
that
the
film
get
a
'UA'
certification
which
would
have
made
Aakrosh
accessible
to
kids
under
parental
guidance.
Argues
Priyan,
"I
think
children
must
see
the
film
and
understand
what
gruesome
barbaric
conventions
and
traditions
still
run
a
part
of
our
society.
Of
course
Aakrosh
is
violent
at
times.
You
mean
to
tell
me
kids
today
are
not
subjected
to
violence
when
they
see
the
news
on
television?"
Producer
Kumar
Mangat
who
quietly
accepted
the
'Adults'
rating
has
another
story
to
tell.
"The
censor
board
had
ordered
30
cuts
for
Aakrosh
to
avoid
an
Adults
rating.
If
we
had
complied,
the
film
would
have
ended
up
mutilated
and
disjointed.
We
instead
preferred
to
take
an
Adults
certificate
with
just
two
cuts
in
the
visuals
and
dialogues." Two
scathing
references
to
cast
differences
have
been
muted
in
the
dialogues.
Reasons
Mangat,
"I
don't
think
it
was
a
big
sacrifice
to
make.
These
cuts
don't
make
any
difference
to
the
storytelling."
Story first published: Wednesday, October 13, 2010, 15:43 [IST]