Just days before its release, John Abraham and Sharvari 's upcoming film Vedaa received clearance from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) with a U/A certificate. However, the Revising Committee (RC) reportedly deleted over 9 minutes from the film and required the addition of a 1-minute and 16-second modified disclaimer and voiceover at the beginning. According to Bollywood Hungama, the board made several small changes to the film.
These included modifying a dialogue with derogatory references towards women and social identity, deleting a 2-minute and 16-second hanging scene and muting the word "Jodhpur" from the Jodhpur High Court. Additionally, they demanded that the violence scene in the court be reduced by 30 per cent, which resulted in cutting 6 minutes and 15 seconds from the film. Other changes included deleting an audio track of Sanskrit shlokas, modifying an abusive word, blurring visuals of tearing currency notes and removing text stating 'Brahmin son.
..Shudra's son.
' Altogether, these cuts amounted to 9 minutes and 14 seconds. After these edits, the runtime of Vedaa is now 2 hours and 30 minutes. Vedaa received its CBFC certification after the makers complained about an 'unusual delay' from the board.
In a statement, they said, "Adhering to protocols, we applied for a certificate well before the prescribed eight weeks to release. Our film was screened for the CBFC on June 25th. Post this, we were advanced to a revising committee review without any explan.