- By Swati Singh
- Sat, 24 May 2025 04:59 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Dhadak 2, starring Siddhant Chaturvedi and Triptii Dimri in lead roles, has been facing multiple delays since its announcement. The movie has been bankrolled by Karan Johar under Dharma Productions. It is an official adaptation of the 2018 Tamil drama Pariyerum Perumal. The sequel Dhadak 2 risks undermining the impact of the original film, not only due to its translation but also because of extensive censorship, potentially diluting its effectiveness. According to a report in Latestly, CBFC has ordered following cuts to Dhadak 2.
Dialogue Modifications
1. Original: "3,000 years of backlog will not be cleared in just 70 years."
Revised: "The backlog of age-old discrimination will not be cleared in just 70 years."
2. References to BSP founder Kanshi Ram and caste disparity (via a pen-nib metaphor) altered.
3. Original: "Dharam ka kaam hai"
Revised: "Punya ka kaam hai"
4. Original dialogue: "Savarnon ke sadak… humein jala dete the" (Upper castes’ roads would burn us).
Revised: "Na sadke hamari thi, na zameen hamari thi, na paani hamara tha, yaha tak ki zindagi bhi hamari nahi thi, marne ki naubat aayi to shaher aa gaya" (Neither were the roads ours, nor the land, nor even the water - in fact, even our lives didn't belong to us. But when it came time to die, suddenly the city came running.)
Visual Edits
1. A scene of someone urinating on the protagonist is blurred.
2. Violence against a woman obscured with a black screen.
3. Blue-coloured dog in a surreal sequence removed.Caste Slurs Censored1. 'Chamar' muted2. 'Bhangi' replaced 'junglee'.3.
One abuse word removed
Content Replacements
1. Om Prakash Valmiki’s poem Thakur ka Kuan (on caste oppression) excised
2. Tulsidas’ couplet from Barvai Ramayan swapped for another verse.
Disclaimer1. 20-second pre-film disclaimer extended to 1 minute 51 seconds.
Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap had earlier critiqued the CBFC’s handling of the Phule biopic. He had then foreshadowed Dhadak 2, stating, “During Dhadak 2’s screening, the censor board claimed, ‘Modi ji has ended India’s caste system.’ On that basis, Santosh wasn’t released. Now Brahmins object to Phule. Brother, if casteism is dead, who is a ‘Brahmin’? Who are you? Why the outrage? If caste never existed, why did Jyotiba and Savitribai Phule fight it? Either Brahmanism is extinct - per Modi’s claim - or you’re all fooling us. Decide: does casteism exist or not? People aren’t fools. Are you the Brahmins, or your fathers in power? DECIDE!"
