Inappropriate Scene in “Ferrari Ki Sawari”

This Saturday I went to watch the movie “Ferrari Ki Sawari” with my family. The film specially released just before Father’s Day is meant for family viewing and received a “U” (Universal) certificate. The hall was packed with a lot of children of various age groups. The film is nice I must say, but with a lot of exaggerated melodrama. But one particular part of the film I feel was not appropriate for child viewership.

In one of the scenes of the movie there is a boy who stands up on the parapet of a terrace and threatens his father of dire consequences if he is not let to go to his wedding riding a Ferrari. The entire scene is shot with a touch a humor. But there is repeated usage of the word “suicide”. As you know that a child will have no clue of what suicide is, but repeated usage of this word will arose their curiosity. By watching such a scene some children might feel that standing on the parapet of the terrace is fun. Second they might also learn that when you want something which your father doesn’t oblige to then a good option might be to stand on the edge of the wall and say I will jump if you don’t give the thing I want.

After watching the movie "3 Idiots" many children have asked their parents “Why did that uncle who sang give me some sunshine tie a rope round his neck?” or “Why did Raju jump from the principals room?” but the movie had a U/A certification. So it was the discretion of the parents whether to take their children below 12 years or not.

Children as innocent and they hardly understand the consequences of their actions. They just like to ape and hence when the filmmakers make a movie they should keep in mind the possible impacts of words or scenes on young minds. I wish the censor board uses better judgement and gives an appropriate certificate  or aptly edits scence of movies that are meant for children.