During a screening session last evening, the censor board has raised finger on Deepa Mehta’s upcoming film Videsh (earlier titled Heaven on Earth).

According to reports, the board thought that the movie showcases excess aggression being shown on Preity and thus insisted on some scene cuts that would make the movie look less horrific.

The film is based on domestic violence in which Preity plays the role of a Punjabi woman. The actress is shown caught up in domestic violence in her household where she is married. The brutalities she faces but the will power that remains unperturbed has been beautifully portrayed by the actress.

She portrays the life of an immigrant bride in Canada struggling to maintain her self efficacy despite immense criticism she faces at her new home.

Now, Deepa has to once again show the edited version to the Board before she receives the green signal to release the film on time.

Deepa’s spokesperson, who was present at the screening required a U/A certificate, but the board denied to relent unless various cruel scenes where the actress is beaten-up by her husband are toned down.

Mr. Vinayak Azad, Regional Officer, Censor Board, confirmed and said, “We have asked them to tone down the domestic violence scenes by 50 per cent. And we had one more objection. The film has used expletives too, which will have to be either beeped or deleted.”

“We will review the film once again after they make the cuts which we have asked for,” Azad added.

At the 44th Chicago International Film Festival, Preity also bagged the Silver Hugo Award for best actress in the Feature Film Competition segment.

Preity was quite disturbed after she shot for the scenes in which she was beaten up and humiliated by Vansh.

While talking about the experience of working in Videsh, Preity had said in an interview, “I remember asking a woman, who was a victim of domestic violence and had left her husband, what the turning point in her relationship was and she said, ‘I told my husband if you want to beat me, beat me in the bedroom, don’t beat me in front of the family.’ I could never understand that. It’s terrible. I really didn’t know what it was to be in a situation like this till I actually did the film.”