Exclusive: Here's why Shah Rukh Khan's son AbRam can't watch 'The Mummy'

Little AbRam would have to wait a long time before watching the film he wants to see. AbRam who has been keenly awaiting the release of the new Tom Cruise film The Mummy won’t be able to watch the film.

The Censor Board Of Film Certification (CBFC) has cleared the film on Saturday with no cuts, albeit with an ‘Adult Only’ certification.

Says a source from the CBFC, “Although The Mummy is a fantasy film peppered with mythology, the content is violent. The choice was to either reduce the length of some of the action or to let the content remain and grant the film an ‘A’ certification. The producers went with the latter option.”

There seems to be some amount of hypocrisy involved in censoring imported fantasy when laced with violence. In Baahubali 2, shots of severed heads were allowed and the film was passed with a ‘U/A’. Apparently, the film’s producers, Universal Pictures, are not contesting the CBFC’s decision, even though the ‘A’ certification puts the film at a disadvantage vis-a-vis the other big Hollywood blockbuster releases of the season Pirates Of The Caribbean and Wonder Woman, both of which have been granted a ‘U/A’ certification.