Probably the only scene with sense in Salman Khan’s latest film ‘Hello’ got snipped at the hands of, may I say, our Stone Age-d Censor Board. The scene in reference is the one where actor Gul Panag asks co-star Sharman Joshi whether he is carrying a condom before they have sex.
As absurd it may sound, but the Censor actually committed the crime of stupidity. When on one hand, we get to see soooooooooo many ads on radio and TV urging us to talk about sex freely to avoid health hazards and unplanned pregnancies. After all, if the public outlook does not change we might soon be the country with largest AIDS cases in the world and of course, largest population too. Then recently, weren’t we hearing all those ‘condom, condom’ ringtones?
Even Gul is infuriated. An ex-Miss India and a responsible actor, she intends writing a letter to the Censor officials. She feels that she questions Sharman like any educated woman would do today. Asking for safe sex is every girl’s right. Even in ‘Manorama Six Feet Under’, a Gul Panag starrer again, the word ‘condom’ was beeped away when she asked her onscreen husband Abhay Deol to use it. Hey, haven’t we heard of family planning?
Funnier still is the fact that Gul’s lovemaking with Sharman is retained in the film but the word ‘condom’ has been snipped away. C’mon, tell me just how hypocritical can we get!
Via santabanta
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