Abhishek Jawkar’s crime thriller Missing on a Weekend, about a band of friends who run into a criminal gang during a Goa getaway, was initially asked to carry out 50 cuts, including expletives and scenes of drug consumption. After Jawkar sent the Central Board of Film Certification a legal notice, the number of excisions came down to seven. The revising committee finally passed the film with three bleeps. The movie stars Pavan Malhotra and Karan Hariharan.
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Readers’ comments: Our culture and Hinduism are more important than the Indian economy
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Before the 1971 war, India and Pakistan were skirmishing on another front: Brazil
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Avian flu isn’t ‘one mutation away’ from becoming the next pandemic – yet
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Why is India’s middle class so silent about the slowing economy?
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‘Disrupted City’: A rich and multilayered narration of Lahore’s long history
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Pune reports 73 Guillain-Barré Syndrome cases, health authorities on high alert
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How Rajendra Chola and his army sailed across the seas in the 11th century to beat the Malays
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‘Mrs.’ trailer: Sanya Malhotra plays a put-upon housewife
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Why India’s increasing elderly population faces a dire future
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‘The Story of Eve’: Zehra Nigah’s poetry makes the reader feel heard and understood