Overview
- In interviews published December 18–19, Mehta says Agnihotri, then on the CBFC revising committee, argued to keep Omerta largely intact.
- The board had objected to a deleted jail sequence set to the Indian National Anthem, sending the film to a second review.
- Mehta says the revising committee limited the final demand to two cuts after internal debate.
- He was in the United States shooting Simran during the screening, with his son Jai representing him.
- Omerta, released in 2017, portrays Omar Saeed Sheikh and drew heightened scrutiny for its hard-hitting content.