Wazir could have featured “sensuous and passionate” scenes between actors Farhan Akhtar and Aditi Rao Hydari, but the filmmakers chose to cut them out.
“As part of the film, the duo shot for some very hot and steamy lovemaking scenes. Whoever had seen the outcome of it felt that they were extremely sensuous and passionate,” a source said, adding that the reason for these cuts was “the expected censor board issues”.
In an earlier screening, there was a long discussion about the scenes and producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra wanted to avoid conflicts with the censor board.
The censor board has recently been quick to shorten kissing scenes from films including Spectre and Chauranga.
To avoid any issues, the scenes were cut from Wazir before the final screening for the censor board.
Directed by Bejoy Nambiar, Wazir also stars Amitabh Bachchan and actor Neil Nitin Mukesh.
The film, distributed by Reliance Entertainment, will release in India on January 8.
