By:
Molly,
IndiaFM
Tuesday,
June
12,
2007
Have
the
learned
members
of
the
Central
Board
of
Film
Certification
of
India
gone
into
a
deep
slumber
or
have
they
suddenly
woken
up
and
grown
aware
of
the
need
to
change
with
the
changing
times.
These
are
two
alarming
questions
that
come
to
mind
after
seeing
some
recent
films
and
the
glaring
changes
that
have
been
noticed
and
all
of
them
are
changes
that
are
being
received
with
mixed
reactions.
It
all
started
with
the
17
kisses
of
Mallika
Sherawat
in
Khwahish
and
not
one
of
the
kisses
were
objected
to
by
the
censors,
who
once
did
not
even
let
the
lips
of
the
'kissers'
touch.
The
kiss
in
Hindi
films
was
symbolized
by
two
roses
embracing
and
caressing
each
other
in
a
garden
nearby
as
the
lovers
were
covered
in
the
dark.
The
17
kisses
made
the
film
a
'hot'
(lips),
seller
at
the
box
office
and
made
Mallika
'the
queen
kisser'
who
did
some
more
bold
scenes
in
the
film
and
shot
to
stardom
of
a
strange
kind
and
was
called
the
heroine
of
the
bold
and
brave
new
generation.
Then
came
Vishal
Bharadwaj's
Omkara
a
film
inspired
by
William
Shakespeare's
Othello.
The
film
shocked
the
orthodox
audience
with
some
of
its
scenes
and
more
because
of
the
inflammatory,
crude
and
even
foul
language
that
they
said
could
shock
even
the
roadside
rowdy
or
the
streetwalker.
The
scenes
and
the
harsh
and
hurting
language,
which
would
not
have
been
allowed,
no
chance
by
the
censors
once
were
passed
because
they
were
essential
to
the
film.
The
film
with
all
its
merits
will
go
down
in
Hindi
film
history
as
the
film
crossed
all
limits
of
verbal
vulgarity,
thanks
to
the
scissors
of
the
censors,
which
touched
and
tackled
the
film
delicately.
Some
months
ago
Vinod
Pandey
who
has
always
made
sex-based
shocking
films
bordering
on
pornography
made
a
film
called
Sins.
It
was
a
story
of
a
Roman
Catholic
priest
who
takes
a
vow
of
celibacy
but
breaks
that
vow
violently
when
he
has
a
torrid
affair
with
a
woman
with
sex
as
the
base
of
their
relationship.
The
cross,
the
sacred
symbol
the
Christians
dangling
around
his
body
during
all
the
sex
scenes
shocked
the
sensibilities
of
the
silent
community
of
the
Christians.
They
raised
their
voices
in
protest
but
the
Sins
had
already
been
committed
once
the
film
was
passed
by
the
censors.
It
was,
according
to
the
clergy
of
the
church,
one
of
the
sickest
films
made
with
Christianity
at
its
base.
And
now
the
same
Vinod
Pandey
has
come
up
with
a
film
called
Red
Swastik
(made
in
Hindi).
One
wonders
what
inspired
the
filmmaker
to
make
a
weird
film
like
this.
It
is
the
story
of
a
young
woman
who
is
a
psychotic
killer.
She
hates
all
men
because
she
was
gang
raped
once
while
her
lover
kept
watching
helplessly
(the
gang
rape
is
picturised
with
sexual
profanity
at
its
worst).
She
then
goes
on
a
rampage.
She
turns
into
a
high-level
prostitute,
lures
men
into
her
trap,
has
some
of
the
most
lurid
scenes
with
them
and
then
turns
them
unconscious
with
drugs
and
drinks
and
mercilessly
mauls
them
to
death
after
branding
a
red
swastika
sign
on
the
forehead
of
the
victim.
She
has
a
victim
every
ten
minutes
and
the
sex
scenes
grow
more
vulgar
and
the
murders
more
brutal
and
bestial.
She
even
doesn't
leave
the
main
detective
who
is
on
her
prowl.
The
entire
police
force
of
the
city
finds
it
difficult
to
locate
her.
She
is
finally
cornered
but
she
kills
herself
in
the
last
of
her
brutal
acts.
The
film
shocks
and
keeps
on
shocking
endlessly
and
ends
up
leaving
the
viewer
in
a
daze
wondering
why
a
film
like
this
should
have
been
made
but
it
has
not
only
been
made
but
passed
by
the
censors
without
a
single
cut.
And
now
even
a
film
like
Dhoom
2
made
by
Yash
Raj
Films,
a
banner
which
is
known
for
its
films
which
are
aimed
at
wholesome
entertainment
has
leading
ladies
like
Aishwarya
and
Bipasha
dressed
in
the
skimpiest
of
clothes
and
to
top
it
all
it
has
some
daring
kissing
scenes
between
Hrithik
Roshan
and
Aishwarya.
Is
it
a
sign
of
the
changing
times,
in
keeping
with
the
global
trends
or
just
to
shock
the
audience
and
make
them
ask
for
more?
The
censors
seem
to
be
in
a
mood
to
grow
more
and
more
liberal
but
how
far
will
they
go?
Will
there
come
a
time
when
they
will
have
someone
to
censor
what
they
censor?
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