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.
Reading
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1Rush Hour: DMK to skip INDIA bloc meeting, Rahul Gandhi says Modi won’t be PM in a year and more
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2Review: In ‘Maa Behen’, the joys of misbehaving women
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3In this speculative memoir, an academic writes about chronic pain and liminal spaces she exists in
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4Why India is not able to fully use the solar power it generates
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5Mumbai is worried about water, but its control over mainland dams is depriving others
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6Five rejoinders: What Ramachandra Guha gets wrong about Rahul Gandhi
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7‘Peddi’ review: Cricket, wrestling, running – and hyperbole
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8For young readers: How wrestler Aman Sehrawat became the youngest Indian to win an Olympic medal
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9Marjane Satrapi, author of graphic novel series ‘Persepolis’, ‘dies of sadness’ at 56
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10Delhi fire deaths highlight precariousness of ‘medical tourists’ in the city
