Director Amit Rai says OMG 2 would have been neck and neck with Gadar 2: ‘The censor board killed half of my household viewers by giving it A-rating’ | Hindi Film Information

OMG 2 emerged victorious regardless of getting clashed with Sunny Deol starrer Gadar 2, which went on to turn out to be an all-time blockbuster. Director Amit Rai not too long ago expressed each pleasure and frustration as his movie achieved commendable success, however not with out going through challenges.
The censor board gave OMG 2 an A-certificate for its topic about intercourse training. Chatting with DNA, Amit mentioned that the 12 months 2023 set a report for Hindi cinema by way of footfalls. Nonetheless, he believes that if OMG 2 didn’t have an A-certificate, the movie’s field workplace report would have been larger and it might have carried out neck and neck with Gadar 2 as a result of households would have come to look at it in theatres.
“The censor board killed half of my household viewers once they gave it the A-rating. The censor board harm me financially too and by way of content material as effectively. However these are bygones,” Amit mentioned.

Earlier, Akshay Kumar, who performs the lead function within the movie, had addressed the controversy with the Central Board of Movie Certification (CBFC) and mentioned that they made OMG 2 for kids and it’s to be proven to kids. However sadly, the movie can’t be proven as a result of it was given an grownup movie certificates and there may be nothing grownup in it.

OMG 2 additionally stars Pankaj Tripathi and Yami Gautam in lead roles. A number of reviews claimed that the movie was placed on maintain by the censor board because it needed to tread with warning because of its overtly non secular theme. Nonetheless, the Central Board of Movie Certification (CBFC) cleared the movie for launch with some cuts. The censor board gave an ‘A’ (Adults Solely) certification to the movie. The film went on to earn Rs 150 crore in its lifetime in India and Rs 221 crore gross worldwide.