'Manmarziyaan' Controversy: Anurag Kashyap and Taapsee Pannu react to deletion of 'objectionable' scenes

'Manmarziyaan' director Anurag Kashyap and his leading lady Taapsee Pannu have taken to Twitter to express their displeasure about the order to delete three "objectionable" scenes in their film.
Authorities on Wednesday ordered the deletion of scenes featuring Abhishek Bachchan and Taapsee Pannu smoking and another of Taapsee's character entering a Gurudwara to get married while thinking of her ex-flame played by Vicky Kaushal.
The order was passed by the district magistrate, Jammu, Ramesh Kumar following a representation by a Sikh organisation, which said the film had hurt the religious sentiments of the community, officials said. The film that released on September 14, is being screened at different theatres in Jammu.
"... it is hereby ordered that the three scenes that hurt the sentiments of the Sikh community be deleted or blocked from the film before it is screened in the cinema halls," the officials said quoting an order issued by the district magistrate.

Sharing a tweet with details of the deleted scenes, Anurag tweeted, "Congratulations. Hereby all problems of Punjab are solved and Sikh youth have been saved. Happy to be back in LaLa land again. Next time you are threatened by a film please call Kishore Lulla directly on +91 98679 66661. Eros knows how to solve matters in minutes..."

Taapsee also vehemently lashed out at the order with a tweet saying, "I am sure this edit will assure that no Sikh will ever Smoke and no woman will ever think about ANYONE else while getting married in a Gurudwara. THIS surely will make Waheguru proud and assures that MY religion is the purest, most righteous and peaceful! #Proud."

According to reports, the district magistrate directed the concerned Sub-divisional Magistrates, Tehsildars, Sub-divisional police officers and Station House Officers to ensure the compliance of the order.
The producers of the film, however, already removed the portions that attracted controversy. The makers reportedly approached the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) regarding the deletion of the scenes."

"We have removed the three scenes from the film as people's sentiments were getting hurt. The said changes have come into effect in metros from today and will reflect across India from the coming Thursday-Friday," a source from the production side told.
Director Kashyap had addressed the controversy with a post on Wednesday afternoon, saying there was never an intention to cause any hurt to the Sikh community and apologised for hurting sentiments, but reiterated that the matter should not be politicised unnecessarily.