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Mumbai, May 27 (IANS) 'Raajneeti' has finally got a UA certificate but not without some vital scenes, including Arjun Rampal and Katrina Kaif's 'aesthetically shot love making scene' that director Prakash Jha says was 'absolutely essential', being edited out.'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,' Jha told IANS.Jha's weeklong battle with the censor board ended Wednesday with the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal in New Delhi viewing 'Raajneeti' and granting it a 'UA' certificate.The director had challenged the censor board's decision earlier last week to grant 'Raajneeti' an 'A' certificate with cuts.Jha sees the reduction of the Katrina-Ranbir love making scene as a blow.'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 byRanbir 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,' he said.Ajay Devgn, Naseeruddin Shah, Nana Patekar and Manoj Bajpai too will be seen 'Raajneeti'. Releasing June 4, the political thriller will be the behind-the-scenes look at politics, strategies behind election campaigns, scandals and much more.Apparently, 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.'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,' said Jha.Also Arjun's volatile character in 'Raajneeti' shouts lurid and graphic expletives Hindi at a police officer. These remain intact while the 'f' word is gone.Several recent Hindi films like 'Omkara' and 'Ishqiya' were plastered with expletives but got away at the censors with an A certificate.
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