A scorching tweet from film enthusiast Nandan (@__nndn__) has gone viral, brutally exposing the Central Board of Film Certification's (CBFC) laughable double standards on beef depictions. Posted on february 18, 2026, it juxtaposes a 2025 headline where CBFC demanded cuts to a simple beef biriyani-eating scene in Shane Nigam's malayalam romance Haal—citing "religious sensitivities"—forcing makers to court and delaying release twice, with the same board swiftly certifying the trailer for the controversial propaganda sequel The kerala Story 2, which includes a graphic scene of a woman being forcefully fed beef.
In beef-loving kerala, a casual biriyani moment was deemed too dangerous for screens, while Islamophobic tropes involving forced beef get a free pass. Nandan slammed it as the "double standards of chaiwala and his chamchas," racking up thousands of likes and furious replies calling out saffronized censorship.
Haal was eventually released in december 2025 after grudging cuts, but the tweet revives the outrage: why bully regional cinema while pampering divisive hate-flicks? netizens are roasting CBFC as BJP's personal moral police—regressive, biased, and utterly shameless. In a secular democracy, this stinks of agenda-driven gatekeeping that's strangling creative freedom.
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