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The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) had issued a \u2018U\u2019 certificate to the makers on April 7 and had asked them to remove terms such as ‘Mang’, ‘Mahar’ and ‘Peshwai’, replace the visual of ‘a man carrying a broom’ with ‘boys throwing cow dung balls at Savitribai’, and the line 3,000 saal purani gulami<\/i> to be modified as kai saal purani<\/i>, among a few other tweaks.<\/p>\n

“They had suggested some amendments, I wouldn\u2019t call it cuts. I want to clarify that there are no cuts as such. We did so (complied with the suggested amendments). They felt that the film should be watched by youth and everyone and it\u2019s very educational. I don\u2019t know why this whole storm of conflict and counter arguments are happening, it’s a little exaggerated and unnecessary,\u201d Mahadevan told PTI<\/i>.<\/p>\n

After the trailer was unveiled online on April 10, some members from the Brahmin community raised objections stating that they\u2019ve been portrayed in poor light.<\/p>\n

Maharashtra-based organisation Hindu Mahasangh’s president Anand Dave expressed his displeasure after watching the trailer of Phule<\/i>. He said it is unfair to only \u201chighlight the not-so-good things\u201d about the Brahmin community.<\/p>\n