Sudhir
Mishra
has
just
fought
a
long
and
hard
battle
with
the
censor
board
again!
This
time
its
over
the
content
of
his
latest
much-delayed
ensemble
drama
Tera
Kya
Hoga
Johny.
Apparently,
the
censor
board
objected
to
a
sequence
showing
a
police-man
trying
to
rape
the
young
hero
(Sikandar
Aggarwal)
in
custody.
Sudhir
not
only
put
his
foot
down,
he
refused
to
cut
down
the
sequence.
Laments
the
veteran-auteur,
"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."
Sudhir
finds
it
strange
that
the
censors
objected
to
a
sequence
of
atrocity
in
police
custody.
"It
isn't
as
if
I
was
showing
something
that
doesn't
happen.
And
I
didn't
even
show
the
boy
being
sodomized.
I
showed
the
cop
attempting
it.
The
boy
escapes.
But
so
many
real-life
under-age
delinquents
go
through
unmentionable
torture.
Are
we
not
supposed
to
show
that?"
In
another
sequence,
a
cop
shoots
a
man
and
says
it
happened
because
his
hand
accidentally
moved
on
the
trigger.
Says
Sudhir,
"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."
Rather
than
fight
a
long
battle
with
the
censors
Sudhir
Mishra
agreed
to
accept
an
'Adults'
certificate
with
relatively
lesser
cuts.
Says
Sudhir,
"I
had
two
choices.
I
could
fight
a
battle
or
accept
an
'A'
certificate
with
fewer
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."
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.
Says
the
proud
surrogate-father,
"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."
Story first published: Thursday, July 21, 2011, 10:23 [IST]