Agreed to cuts for ‘Emergency’, co-producer tells HC

Zee Entertainment Enterprises, co-producer of Kangana Ranaut’s ‘Emergency’, on Friday told the Bombay High Court it has agreed to the cuts suggested by the censor board.

Senior counsel Sharan Jagtiani, who represented Zee, said the necessary cuts would be made and the film submitted to the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) for issuance of its certificate.

Senior counsel Abhinav Chandrachud, appearing for the CBFC, said once the film is submitted after the cuts, the same would be verified and a certificate issued in two weeks.

A division bench of Justices BP Colabawalla and Firdosh Pooniwalla accepted the statements and disposed of the petition filed by Zee Entertainment.

The court said it would pass a detailed order later.

“We have worked it out,” Jagtiani told the court.

The movie, initially slated for a September 6 release, has been embroiled in a battle with the censor board for non-issuance of the CBFC certificate.

Last week, the CBFC told the HC that the movie could be released if certain cuts were made as decided by the board's revising committee.

Earlier this week, the bench was informed by the censor board that Ranaut's production company Manikarnika, co-producer of the movie, had agreed to the cuts.