Ajay Devgn and Kareena Kapoor Khan in lead roles Singham again has been passed by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) with a U/A certificate. However, the nod was not given without cuts and changes covering approximately 7.12 minutes of the total running time.

The CBFC screening committee has asked the makers to make at least 12 cuts and changes, according to Bollywood Hungama. CBFC suggested some cuts in the climax, background with a religious shloka and scenes referencing the Hindu epic Ramayana.

Singham again Director Rohit Shetty was asked to omit the 16-second shot of Ravana grabbing, pulling and pushing Sita. A 29-second scene of “Burning Hanuman and dialogue with Simmba flirting” was also deleted.

Besides this, the makers were asked to alter the 23-second scene where Lord Rama, Mata Sita and Lord Hanuman were juxtaposed with Singham (Ajay Devgn), Avni (Kareena Kapoor Khan) and Simmba (Ranveer Singh).

The CBFC also suggested the makers to “properly edit” a 23-second scene where Singham touches Lord Rama’s feet. The board duly deleted and altered a 26-second dialogue and footage, saying it “damaged India’s international diplomatic relations with the neighboring state”.

A beheading scene inside a police station was also blurred, and the color of the religious flag shown in the sequence was changed.

In the same scene, the use Shiv Strota because the background score has been deleted. The makers were also asked to omit Zubair’s (Arjun Kapoor) dialogues in at least four places, including a dialogue between Arjun Kapoor and Ranveer Singh.

In one scene, Zubair’s dialogue — Teri kahaani ka Raavan main hoon, tere chahite ko bhejhas been modified. In two places, the Constitutional Chief’s visuals were deleted and the dialogues changed. In one of these sequences, Avni’s dialogue was also modified.

In addition to these cuts and changes, the filmmakers were asked to redo the film’s disclaimer, which will run for 1 minute and 19 seconds.

The film’s disclaimer will now say, “This film is purely a work of fiction… Though the film is inspired by the story of Lord Ram, neither the narrative nor the characters should be seen as worshiped deities… The story features contemporary characters of today.. . or societies and their cultures, customs, practices and traditions.”

Singham again is releasing in theaters worldwide alongside Kartik Aaryan’s Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 on November 1. Apart from Ajay Devgn and Kareena Kapoor Khan, the film features Arjun Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone and Dayanand Shetty in pivotal roles.