{"id":12136,"date":"2012-01-29T22:01:22","date_gmt":"2012-01-29T22:01:22","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-01-29T23:01:25","modified_gmt":"2012-01-29T23:01:25","slug":"-Dragon-Tattoo--cancelled-in-India-over-nudity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=12136","title":{"rendered":"“Dragon Tattoo” cancelled in India over nudity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sony Pictures will not release its blockbuster movie “The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo” in India after censors demanded that scenes showing “bare bottoms” be blurred.<\/strong>
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\nThe Hollywood film starring Daniel Craig about a journalist’s search for a woman missing for 40 years was due to be released on February 10, but it ran into problems with India’s Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Bare bottom and bare-breast scenes are not allowed in India,” J.P. Singh, an official at CBFC, told AFP.<\/p>\n

“We objected to several scenes in ‘The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo’ and wanted them to be blurred.”<\/p>\n

Sony Pictures in India acknowledged in a statement sent to AFP on Monday that it would not compromise on the content of the film, which has grossed US$185 million worldwide.<\/p>\n

“The Censor Board has adjudged the film unsuitable for public viewing in its unaltered form,” the statement said.<\/p>\n

“And while we are committed to maintaining and protecting the vision of the director, we will, as always, respect the category_idelines set by the board.”<\/p>\n

The movie directed by David Fincher, whose previous hits include “Fight Club” and “The Social Network”, is the first US interpretation of a hugely popular book series by late Swedish writer Stieg Larsson.<\/p>\n

Over 1,700 foreign films are released in India every year after passing certification tests by India’s powerful censor board.<\/p>\n