‘Rajneeti’ has been given a UA after censoring Katrina Arjun Rampal love making scenes. Prakash Jha is extremely disappointed as he feels those scenes were "absolutely essential". It was an "aesthetically shot love making scene" according to Jha.

 

Jha said, "It was a very aesthetically shot love making scene. Arjun and Katrina are two very beautiful people. And they made love to the camera. The Tribunal (Film Certification Appellate Tribunal) felt it was a bit too explicit for a ‘UA’ audience. I didn’t argue.”

 

The censor board’s earlier decision of granting "Rajneeti" an ‘A’ certificate with cuts was challenged by Jha. Apart from the love making scene, the censor board had earlier objected to two sequences, one showing the rigging of elections by fitting ballot boxes with specially designed gadgets and the other showing a female politician offering sex in exchange for an election ticket. Jha said, "An ‘A’ certificate brings on a specific mindset on the audience. They think the film has sleazy content. So I preferred to let the film be referred to the Tribunal.”

 

About the love making scene, Jha said, "The love scene was absolutely essential. Unlike other directors I had not shot extra footage so that the censors could take away whatever portion they liked. I had shot the love making scene exactly the way it was meant to be. I've had to reduce it by half. It's a disappointment to all of us. I've also had to beep out the F… word uttered by Ranbir Kapoor and Arjun Rampal in two different places in the plot. Ex-justice Usha Mehra, who headed the Tribunal, requested me to do away with the F… word. But it didn't make a difference."

 

The film also stars Ajay Devgan, Naseeruddin Shah, Nana Patekar and Manoj Bajpai and releases on 4^th June and will potray behind-the-scenes look at politics, strategies behind election campaigns, scandals and much more.