Censors, you're here because of sex: Vishal

VishalBhardwaj is upset that the promo of his forthcoming film Ishqiya has not beenpassed by the censor board. The promo was to go on air from December 20. Only ifVishal agrees to beep the word ‘sex’ from a dialogue, will he beallowed to air it. The dialogue is spoken by Arshad Warsi and addressed toNaseeruddin Shah.
Now Vishal has no option but to beep theapparently offensive word from the promo.
Vinayak Azad, RegionalManager, Censor Board says, “We had initially passed the promo with an‘A’ certificate for a theatrical release. Now they want a U/Acertificate as they wanted it to air on television, which we allowed. Since theimpact of the promos is higher on television because it is shown repeatedly, weasked for the word ‘sex’ to be beeped out. I believe they are nothappy about it and want to approach the revisingcommittee.”
The director, of course, doesn’t agree withthe board’s views. Vishal Bhardwaj says, “It’s sad. Oursociety is regressing so much that we fear to even utter the word‘sex’. And this is why India is the worst AIDS-affected country inthe world. The people on the board who have objected to the word should rememberthey are in this world because of sex.”