After rigorous brainstorming of about a month, the CBFC has decided to drop the ‘i’ from Padmavati and release it as Padmavat. Yes, it is (almost) 2018 and this is the best solution the CBFC could come up with for a feud that has caused countless riots and immense loss to production houses.
According to the censor board, the modifications made in the movie including the suggested change in title was shared with the production house Viacom and Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who attended the feedback sessions after the screening and both parties are in agreement with the changes.
While the movie may now finally get released, Twitter couldn’t get over the name change. Here are out the funniest ‘Padmavat’ jokes and puns that Twitter (or Twtter?) came up with:
Both Sanjay Leela Bansal and Prasoon Josh are happy about Padmavat, and they hope this compromise is acceptable to Narendra Mod and Rahul Gandh.#Padmavati
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) December 30, 2017
#Padmavati should take a cue from Bright.
Release on Netflix.
Or Amazon.
Or Hotstar.
Or Voot.
Or Vice.
Or YouTube.
Or FunnyOrDie.
Or Yahoo.Bypass the idiots.
— Sorabh Pant (@hankypanty) December 30, 2017
#padmavat ______ thank God we have not made a film called Gandhi ! Can you imagine what title #cbfc would suggest ?
— rahul dholakia (@rahuldholakia) December 30, 2017
“Pakistani conspiracy” – @Swamy39
“Insult to Rajputs” – Karni Sena
“Insult to Hindus” – Hindus
“Distortion of history” – Rajput Historians
“Needs to be banned” – Many state CMs“Just drop an i from the title and all is cool” – CBFC#TheJokeThatIsIndia #Padmavati
— Aisi Taisi Democracy (@AisiTaisiDemo) December 30, 2017
#Padmavati
Maybe the CBFC just said – Please cut the ending.— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) December 30, 2017
Padmavat’s new poster is so savage!! #Padmavati pic.twitter.com/5Vh8h9qwTX
— _C__rag______ (@iSRKsSoul) December 30, 2017
If they put the removed i of padmavati on the first place it might turn its value to 10 times. As it does for the mobile phones.#Padmavati #padmavat
— MOHIT GAUR (@crapbag___) December 30, 2017
#Padmavati turns #Padmavat. This “I” is a major issue in our country.
— The Silent Screamer (@mujheawazdo) December 30, 2017
Now that #Padmavati has lost an i, can we call the aggressors Karn Sena? Coz, an i for an i.
— Punster® (@Pun_Starr) December 30, 2017
According to the new regime it should be PadmaGST instead of PadmaVAT.
#Padmavati— Kaju Katli (@MonkNxtDoor) December 30, 2017
Serously though, we’re mmensely mpressed wth the censor board’s ntelligent decson, aren’t you?
