Taapsee Pannu, Vicky Kaushal and Abhishek Bachchan starrer Manmarziyaan, that was released on September 14 (2018), is being screened at different theatres in Jammu. While the film has been receiving overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics and the audience, it seems to also have left a Sikh group upset over certain smoking sequences. However, the producers have deleted three scenes from the film after the Supreme Sikh Organisation raised objection to one of the scenes, where Abhishek Bachchan's character 'Robbie' smokes a cigarette after removing his turban. The other two deleted scenes include a minute long scene featuring Taapsee Pannu and Abhishek entering a Gurdwara and an 11-second scene where Taapsee is shown smoking.

Reportedly, Kishore Lulla’s Eros International approached the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) regarding the deletion of the scenes. Director Anurag Kashyap, who is upset with the producers' decision, has indirectly taken a dig at the production house. On Thursday, when a social media user thanked CBFC and the filmmaker for deleting the particular scenes, the director, taking a jibe at Eros and his managing head Kishore Lulla, responded to the tweet which read, "Next time you are threatened by a film please call him directly."

Check out the post here:

Since the above tweet was taken down as Kashyap had mentioned Lulla's phone number in the tweet, the director yet again took to the micro blogging site to share a screenshot of the message, asking him to delete the tweet or it will be taken down by Twitter. Alongside the screenshot, he wrote, "Before my tweet is taken down -Congratulations . Here by all problems of Punjab are solved and Sikh youth have been saved . Happy to be back in LaLa land again. Next time you are threatened by a film please call Kishore Lulla directly on Eros knows how to solve matters in minutes."

Check out Kashyap's tweet here:

Helmed by Anurag Kashyap, the film is an intense love story and stars Taapsee, Abhishek Bachchan and Vicky Kaushal. This will be the first time that Taapsee will be sharing screen space with Abhishek and Vicky. Also, Manmarziyaan saw the return of Abhishek Bachchan to the big screen after a gap of almost two years. The junior Bachchan was last seen in the 2016 rom-com 'Housefull 3'. Watch this space for further updates.

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