The Controversy Over Akshay Kumar’s OMG 2

The destiny of Akshay Kumar’s OMG 2, scheduled to launch on August 11, seems to be below a cloud. Earlier this month, experiences urged that the movie could be topic to additional scrutiny from the Censor Board to forestall backlash of the type directed at Adipurush. Now, it appears that evidently the movie could be unable to make its scheduled date of launch. As of Sunday, the trailer of OMG 2 obtained a U/A certification however the movie itself has not been licensed but, sources informed NDTV. OMG 2 stars Akshay Kumar within the position of Lord Shiva and that is reportedly one of many sticking factors. Among the many 35 cuts that Censor Board has demanded is that Akshay’s character be modified to a messenger of Lord Shiva fairly than the deity himself, in accordance with sources.

Whereas the producers of OMG 2 are unwilling to chop scenes and can choose to switch them as a substitute, it raises the query of whether or not they may obtain the U/A certification they’re aiming for even after making the edits requested for. The trailer has been licensed U/A however considerably pointlessly as there is no such thing as a huge launch earlier than August 11 for it to be hooked up to. The trailer wants no certification to be launched on digital platforms and thus far, has not been – a teaser dropped earlier this month.

Quickly after the teaser launched, it was reported that the Censor Board had referred OMG 2 to its Revision Committee. Adipurush, a model of the Ramayan starring Prabhas and Kriti Sanon, ended up revising some dialogues after widespread criticism and experiences speculated that the Censor Board could be err on the facet of warning with OMG 2, a satire which locations God entrance and centre as a personality.

OMG 2 co-stars Pankaj Tripathi and Yami Gautam and is a non secular sequel to OMG through which Akshay Kumar performed Lord Krishna. If it releases on August 11 as deliberate, it should conflict with Gadar 2, starring Sunny Deol and Ameesha Patel.