Toxic Hindi version faces CBFC cuts; abusive dialogue

The much-awaited film, Toxic , will be released tomorrow, and strong advance sales make it clear that excitement is tremendous. While the original Kannada version was censored way back on August 13, the certification of the Hindi dubbed version took some time. Finally, it was completed today, August 25, that is, just a day before the release.

In this article, SeenTick will exclusively focus on the cuts given to the Yash-starrer’s Hindi version. To begin with, an ‘abusive’ word was requested to be replaced. An ‘offensive’ dialogue in the first half and an ‘abusive’ dialogue uttered to a child in the second half were requested to be muted.

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Key Analysis and Detailed Timeline

A scene of drug abuse content was reduced as per the instructions of the Examining Committee of the CBFC. An ‘obscene’ dialogue in the second half of the film was requested to be replaced. Lastly, the statutory warning was mentioned in Tamil and it was requested to be replaced in Hindi.

Once these changes were made, Toxic 's Hindi version was passed with an 'A' certificate. The length of the film, as mentioned on the censor certificate, is 194.12 minutes. In other words, Toxic is 3 hours, 14 minutes and 12 seconds long.

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Meanwhile, the Tamil version of Toxic was passed on August 20. Only one change was made in this version – a dialogue that translated to ‘son of a w***e’ was requested to be replaced. Besides Yash, Toxic stars Kiara Advani, Nayanthara, Huma Qureshi, Tara Sutaria, Rukmini Vasanth, Akshay Oberoi and others.

Broader Impact and Sector Outlook

It is directed Toxic’s Andhra bookings begin Earlier in the day, SeenTick had reported that Toxic ’s bookings in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are yet to commence. A few hours after our report, the ticket sales opened with a bang in the South territory.

Moreover, the government of Telangana allowed the theatres to increase ticket rates from August 26 to September 4.

Accordingly, single-screens were allowed to hike the prices 50 and multiplexes could hike the rates 100. The inflated ticket rates should be inclusive of GST. Further, the producers were directed to compulsorily contribute Rs.

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