Shahid Kapoor’s ‘O Romeo’ Nears 3-Hour Runtime, Gets ‘A’ Rating After Violence Cuts

The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has given O Romeo, starring Shahid Kapoor and Triptii Dimri, an ‘A’ certificate. As per a Bollywood Hungama report, the censor board has also directed several changes in the dialogue.

The CBFC asked the film’s team to replace the word ‘item’ with ‘Kumari’. As per the report, in a scene in the film, a word was asked to be muted, while in another sequence, an ‘inappropriate’ word was asked to be deleted. No cuts were directed in the romantic and intimate scenes.

In a few violent scenes, cuts were made, including a close-up visual of throat cutting, which was reduced by 20 per cent (three seconds). A scene of ‘woman slapping’ was also cut by 20 per cent. Anti-tobacco and anti-smoking tickers were added, and each of their lengths, along with voice-over, was asked to be increased. This added one minute and 57 seconds to the run time of the movie.