{"id":299242,"date":"2026-02-19T13:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T13:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/299242\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T13:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T13:31:09","slug":"cbfc-alters-names-in-kennedy-donald-trump-becomes-pump-trump-dawood-ibrahim-replaced-with-pakistan-don","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/299242\/","title":{"rendered":"CBFC alters names in \u2018Kennedy\u2019: \u2018Donald Trump\u2019 becomes \u2018Pump Trump\u2019, \u2018Dawood Ibrahim\u2019 replaced with \u2018Pakistan Don\u2019 |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CBFCAnurag Kashyap\u2019s ‘Kennedy’ premieres on ZEE5 tomorrow, Feb 20, after delays. It wowed at 2023 Cannes and Jio MAMI. CBFC gave \u2018A\u2019 cert post-cuts: muted profanity, \u201cDonald Trump\u201d to \u201cPump Trump,\u201d Dawood visuals to \u201cPakistan Don,\u201d plus a 14-sec scene delete. Stars Rahul Bhat, Sunny Leone. Runtime: 2hr 28min 54sec. Anurag Kashyap<\/a>‘s much-anticipated \u2018Kennedy\u2019 is set to hit screens tomorrow, Friday, February 20, following an extended delay. It first dazzled audiences with its premiere at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, then wowed viewers again that year at Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. The film received its censor certificate just one month after that successful screening.<\/p>\n

\u2018Kennedy\u2019 faces changes from CBFC<\/p>\n

As reported by Bollywood Hungama, the Central Board of Film Certification<\/a> (CBFC) approved \u2018Kennedy\u2019 with an \u2018A\u2019 certificate. However, the Examining Committee instructed a few modifications. The profanity ‘motherf*****’ was muted both in dialogue and subtitles. Meanwhile, the mention of ‘Donald Trump<\/a>‘ was altered to ‘Pump Trump’. Additionally, visuals of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and the dialogue ‘Dawood Ibrahim ne…1993 mein’ were removed and substituted with the term ‘Pakistan Don’.<\/p>\n

\u2018Kennedy\u2019 sees scene deletions and edits<\/p>\n

In the first half of the film, the scene featuring the objectionable dialogue \u201cMatunga, Matunga… Pungi bajaao,\u201d lasting around 14 seconds, was ordered to be removed. Additionally, the board directed that the anti-smoking static message be displayed in every scene depicting smoking. <\/p>\n

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\u2018Kennedy\u2019 gets its censor certificate<\/p>\n

After implementing the suggested changes, \u2018Kennedy\u2019 received its censor certificate on November 23, 2023. According to the certificate, the film\u2019s runtime is 148.54 minutes, equivalent to 2 hours, 28 minutes, and 54 seconds.<\/p>\n

Kennedy\u2019s story and global presence<\/p>\n

\u2018Kennedy\u2019 features Rahul Bhat and Sunny Leone in the lead roles. Set against the backdrop of the Covid era, the film follows an ex-cop believed to be dead but secretly alive, carrying out shady assignments for a corrupt Mumbai commissioner while operating a luxury app-based cab in the city. In December 2025, Kennedy made headlines as the only Indian film chosen for the launch lineup of Letterboxd\u2019s Video Store, becoming available to viewers across 23 countries through the TVOD model, though India was not among them. The following month, in January 2026, it was announced that Kennedy would premiere on Zee5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anurag Kashyap\u2019s ‘Kennedy’ premieres on ZEE5 tomorrow, Feb 20, after delays. It wowed at 2023 Cannes and Jio…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[15535,59530,151182,54,146,85,46,492,397,151181,61457],"class_list":{"0":"post-299242","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-anurag-kashyap","9":"tag-central-board-of-film-certification","10":"tag-dawood-ibrahim","11":"tag-donald-trump","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-il","14":"tag-israel","15":"tag-kennedy","16":"tag-movies","17":"tag-rahul-bhat","18":"tag-sunny-leone"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}