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Manmarziyaan actor Abhishek Bachchan, who features in a smoking scene which is among the three deleted scenes from the film, says there’s no harm in excluding some content if it hurts people’s sentiments.
Director Anurag Kashyap has been vocal about expressing anger over deletion of scenes from Manmarziyaan, which apparently happened without his knowledge. The film’s lead actress Taapsee Pannu also slammed the decision.
During an interactive session of Jagran Cinema Summit on Friday, Abhishek was asked to comment about it.
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He said: “Each individual has a right to react and if people have felt bad over some scenes, then I feel there is no harm in deleting those scenes from the movie unless it does not change the narrative of the film.
“Being a part of film fraternity, our main purpose is not to hurt anyone’s sentiments. If there are some scenes and if people’s opposition to scenes can affect the business of the film, then I guess exhibitors are right on their part because it is not an actor who stands to lose. It is the production people and exhibitors who have to suffer the loss in the end.”
The scenes were deleted after Sikh groups complained that three scenes — including two smoking ones — offended their religious sentiments.