KUALA LUMPUR, July 26 — Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar has confirmed that police advised against the inclusion of certain scenes from the Tamil blockbuster Kabali.He said Bukit Aman had given its input on some scenes in the Tamil movie starring superstar Rajinikanth, which led to an alternate ending to the movie.
“Yes. We gave advice on parts of the movie that were shot here,” he said when commenting on a Malay Mail report yesterday that police had a say in the deletion of certain parts of the movie largely shot here.
As a result, Malaysians also missed out on three other parts deemed unsuitable for viewers.
Film Censorship Board chairman Datuk Abdul Halim Abdul Hamid said it was a normal practice to have police input in movies that had violence, gangsterism and derogatory elements.
“We normally have our own police advisory unit in the censorship board too. For certain movies that we feel need extra input from Bukit Aman, we will call them in for viewing too,” he said.
“The final say, however, would be from us.” he added.
Yesterday, Malay Mail revealed why Malaysia had a different ending to the movie and that parts had been deleted as police had felt the scenes would encourage gangsterism.
The movie screened here ends with the words “Finally, Kabali surrendered to police” on a black screen.
In the original ending, Tiger, a character played by Tamil actor Hari, is shown being dragged out of a lockup by a policeman who gives him a gun to shoot Kabali.
He then walks into a cafe and goes up to Kabali, a role played by Rajinikanth, before the screen turns black and a gunshot is heard against the sound of the crowd shouting. It was not clear if Kabali survives.
