Three days are left for the release of the grand Diwali biggie, **Thamma**, and the excitement is gradually building up. The makers, Maddock Films, completed the censor process on time, and in this article, Bollywood Hungama will exclusively focus on the cuts suffered by the horror comedy.
### EXCLUSIVE: CBFC reduces kissing scene in *Thamma* by 5 seconds; replaces ‘Azaadi doonga’ with ‘Aiyaashi karata hoon’
The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) asked for audio cuts in three places and one visual modification as well. Here are the details of the changes required:
– The word **’Alexander’** was replaced with **‘Sikandar’**.
– In another dialogue, the word **‘Ashwathama’** was muted.
– In the second half of the film, the words **’Azaadi doonga’** were replaced with **’Aiyaashi karata hoon’**.
– The Examining Committee also asked the makers to **reduce the slurping sound of drinking blood to a minimum**.
– Finally, a kissing scene in the second half was reduced by 30%, that is, by 5 seconds.
While the last modification may dampen the excitement of some moviegoers, on the positive side, this is the shortest intimacy cut asked by the CBFC in recent times. To put this in perspective:
– In *Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari*, liplock visuals were reduced by 60%.
– In *Saiyaara*, the makers were instructed to delete and replace 10 seconds of ‘sensual, intimacy, body exposure visuals’.
– *Superman* faced a 33-second cut for ‘sensual visuals’, which led to massive criticism due to abrupt edits.
Coming back to *Thamma*, once all the changes were made, the censor certificate was handed over to the makers on October 15. The film was passed with a **U/A 16+ rating**.
The length of the movie, as mentioned on the censor certificate, is **149 minutes and 59 seconds**, or 2 hours, 29 minutes, and 59 seconds.
*Thamma* releases on Tuesday, October 21, and stars **Ayushmann Khurrana, Rashmika Mandanna, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, and Paresh Rawal**. It is backed by blockbuster producer **Dinesh Vijan’s Maddock Films** and directed by **Aditya Sarpotdar** of *Munjya (2024)* fame.
This film is a part of the **Maddock Horror Comedy Universe** and belongs to the same world as *Stree*, *Bhediya*, and *Munjya*.
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