Emraan Hashmi’s upcoming Hindi comedy-drama film ‘Cheat India‘ has been renamed to ‘Why Cheat India’. The filmmakers did so just a week before its release. After the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) objected to the title, calling it misleading, director Soumik Sen had to make the desired changes.
The producers, T-Series Films, Ellipsis Entertainment, and Emraan Hashmi Films confirmed the title change in a statement, which read, “The CBFC had concerns about the title Cheat India. We had an extensive conversation with the Examining Committee and Revising Committee regarding the proposed change as the film has been in public domain for a year, and more importantly, because the theatrical teaser, trailer, and television promos had already been certified with the original title. This would lead to dual communication a week before the release. The duress of lack of time left us with no choice but to mutually agree to the new title, Why Cheat India.”
Not only that, but the tagline (Nakal Mein Hi Akal Hai) is also removed from the new poster. The actor took to Twitter and shared the old and the new poster of the film.
Don't ask WHY! But it's WHY! #WhyCheatIndia pic.twitter.com/wrjNnTvSf2
— Emraan Hashmi (@emraanhashmi) January 10, 2019
In an interview given to IANS, Emraan had said, “I have seen how exam papers are leaked during exams. Some of my friends’ friends bought question papers in advance and later they failed in the exam because they got the wrong set of questions. I have seen how students paid money to invigilators to fill the answer papers. I never got involved in such activities, but I have seen them happen.”
Hashmi plays a conman who hires intelligent but poor students to sit in the place of dumb but rich students and give exams. The film showcases the entrance examination scandal and the corruption which predominates in the Indian education system.
The film is directed By Soumik Sen and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Tanuj Garg, Atul Kasbekar & Parveen Hashmi (wife of Emraan Hashmi). Co-Producers of the film are Vinod Bhanushali, Sunny Khanna, Shanti Sivaram Maini, Swati Iyer Chawla, Piya Sawhney.
The film was slated to release on January 25, but to avoid a three-way clash at the box office with Kangana Ranaut‘s ‘Manikarnika: The Queen Of Jhansi‘, and Nawazuddin Siddiqui‘s ‘Thackeray‘, the filmmakers preponed it. Now it will hit theatres on January 18, 2019.