The French have a way of putting across home truth. Their lucid aphorism “plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” meaning, “the more things change, the more they stay the same,” seems true. It was hoped that Pahlaj Nihalani’s exit from the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) and his replacement with Prasoon would bring in revolutionary changes in certification norms.

But David Dhawan who has been making films for three decades was in for a shock when on Friday he submitted his comedy Judwaa 2 featuring his son Varun Dhawan in a double role to the CBFC. Apparently, the CBFC members strongly objected to Varun’s spirited dancing. They not only asked for it to be toned down, they also found his pelvic thrusts in one dance movement to be so vigorous as to appear copulatory. They’ve asked that Varun’s pelvic thrust be removed.

Director Dhawan has gone into a state shock. While he refused to comment, a source very close to the director wonders, “David has shot many pelvic thrusts in the past that were far more suggestive. Govinda’s pelvic thrusts in the songs Sarkaiy Liyo Khatiya and Aa Aa Ee in David’s Raja Babu were openly copulatory. In comparison Varun who is very popular among kids is a Walt Disney hero, incapable of doing anything risqué.”