Goa, Sept. 5 -- The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has directed the makers of Baaghi 4 to cut 23 visual and audio sequences despite granting the film an 'A' certificate. According to Bollywood Hungama, the final approved runtime stands at 2 hours, 37 minutes and 5 seconds.

Among the deletions are a scene where the hero stands on a coffin, violent visuals of throats being slit and hands chopped, and a frontal nudity shot that was digitally obscured. A sequence showing a cigarette being lit from an amputated hand, and another where a knife is hurled towards a statue of Jesus Christ, were also removed.

Dialogues underwent heavy censoring, with words like "bhang b*****a," "b****e," and "fingering" replaced, while the word "condo...