FIRED,Rahul Bose's Fired has got 'Terrifying Kisses'
written by indianachu
at Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Rahul Bose's new film, the horror-thriller 'Fired' may turn into a 15 minute documentary if the Censors decide to chop off all the 'objectionable' scenes from the film.
'Fired' is replete with loads of gratuitous gore and steamy scenes, but director Sajit Warrier defends the theme of the film by saying that he is targeting international audiences. Moreover, the kisses are not meant to titillate, but to send shivers down the audience's spine. "I am talking about a pure Indian horror film here for an international audience. And horror by certain standards needs to have ample amount of gore and sex," Warrier told reporters, "So it`s not a lustful titillating kind of kiss that we are portraying... it`s haunting. The kisses in `Fired` for that matter will terrify audiences.
"We don`t want to cut anything but we'll have to show it to the censors. I don`t want a U/A certificate. We are happy with an A-certificate but with that we should not be asked for any more cuts because we are trying to reach that kind of audience," he added. The Censor Board ordered the producers to remove any skin show in the trailers of the film. The gore and violence was also forced to be toned down so as to be 'suitable' for TV channels. As per the Cable Television Network (Regulation) Act, TV promos with 'A' certificate are not permitted to be aired on any Indian channel. Even after producers chopped off almost all of the violence and skin show in the trailers, the film was slapped with an 'A' certificate.
Rahul Bose said: "I feel we have a misplaced sense of censorship. What I feel is gory or vulgar somebody else might not. Even for the sex scene, I feel people are more mature now and so self-censorship should be the key." Warnier, who also wrote the script of 'Fired' said, "The important point is that the protagonist has been shown hallucinating under the influence of anti-depressants since the beginning of the film. Hence all scenes are in the character`s mind and in flashback including the love scenes. There is some nudity but we agreed to remove it though we might keep it for the international audience. There are also some scenes where blood has been shown but we are not showing violence here. It just plays around in his head."
Click here to watch the trailer of Fired!
According to the official synopsis of the film, Joy Mittal, the arrogant CEO of H.W.L.S, in a hardnosed decision to repair his scandal ridden work record and prove his ability to emerge as a pioneering leader in times of financial crisis, fires all the employees from his London office to cope with the global economic slowdown. Amongst the sacked employees is Ruby Herminson, 29, an alluring, sophisticated, career-driven woman, with whom a married Joy is having a long affair. Joy fires Ruby along with the rest of the people he considers expendable. After a trying day, Joy decides to finish off some paperwork before heading home, but soon realizes that the only possible means of leaving is the one he least bargained for.
Cornered in a deserted office, Joy soon realizes that there is a gruesome super-natural force in the building, which is hell-bent on extracting revenge for his ruthless actions. Fired is the shocking tale of a man who pays a steep price for his cold-blooded actions. Fired releases in early 2010, a few days before Maiilka Sherawat's 'Hisss'.
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'Fired' is replete with loads of gratuitous gore and steamy scenes, but director Sajit Warrier defends the theme of the film by saying that he is targeting international audiences. Moreover, the kisses are not meant to titillate, but to send shivers down the audience's spine. "I am talking about a pure Indian horror film here for an international audience. And horror by certain standards needs to have ample amount of gore and sex," Warrier told reporters, "So it`s not a lustful titillating kind of kiss that we are portraying... it`s haunting. The kisses in `Fired` for that matter will terrify audiences.
"We don`t want to cut anything but we'll have to show it to the censors. I don`t want a U/A certificate. We are happy with an A-certificate but with that we should not be asked for any more cuts because we are trying to reach that kind of audience," he added. The Censor Board ordered the producers to remove any skin show in the trailers of the film. The gore and violence was also forced to be toned down so as to be 'suitable' for TV channels. As per the Cable Television Network (Regulation) Act, TV promos with 'A' certificate are not permitted to be aired on any Indian channel. Even after producers chopped off almost all of the violence and skin show in the trailers, the film was slapped with an 'A' certificate.
Rahul Bose said: "I feel we have a misplaced sense of censorship. What I feel is gory or vulgar somebody else might not. Even for the sex scene, I feel people are more mature now and so self-censorship should be the key." Warnier, who also wrote the script of 'Fired' said, "The important point is that the protagonist has been shown hallucinating under the influence of anti-depressants since the beginning of the film. Hence all scenes are in the character`s mind and in flashback including the love scenes. There is some nudity but we agreed to remove it though we might keep it for the international audience. There are also some scenes where blood has been shown but we are not showing violence here. It just plays around in his head."
Click here to watch the trailer of Fired!
According to the official synopsis of the film, Joy Mittal, the arrogant CEO of H.W.L.S, in a hardnosed decision to repair his scandal ridden work record and prove his ability to emerge as a pioneering leader in times of financial crisis, fires all the employees from his London office to cope with the global economic slowdown. Amongst the sacked employees is Ruby Herminson, 29, an alluring, sophisticated, career-driven woman, with whom a married Joy is having a long affair. Joy fires Ruby along with the rest of the people he considers expendable. After a trying day, Joy decides to finish off some paperwork before heading home, but soon realizes that the only possible means of leaving is the one he least bargained for.
Cornered in a deserted office, Joy soon realizes that there is a gruesome super-natural force in the building, which is hell-bent on extracting revenge for his ruthless actions. Fired is the shocking tale of a man who pays a steep price for his cold-blooded actions. Fired releases in early 2010, a few days before Maiilka Sherawat's 'Hisss'.
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