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'I was totally up for it,' says Rajkummar Rao on Mental Hai Kya title being changed to JudgeMentall Hai Kya

The title of Kangana Ranaut's and Rajkummar Rao's JudgeMentall Hai Kya proved to be one of the most talked controversy of late. After a long delay and several changes, the trailer of the film finally released yesterday. During the trailer launch in Delhi, Rajkummar opened up about the title controversy and revealed the reason for zeroing down on the new title of the film. The actor said after the film was shown to the Central Board of Film Certification and Indian Psychiatric Society (IPS), a conclusion was drawn that the title should be changed. After going through several replacement options for the term 'mental', 'judgemental' went well with the nature of the film. He added that he was totally supportive of the decision and had no objection. 

"I was totally up for it. There are some people out there who have problems with it. We respect their emotions. If they believe that changing the title will bring some change in the society, we are more than happy to do that. There has been a censor screening and one with the association as well and that's how we came to the conclusion that the title should be changed. We all were very happy to do that. Judgemental was the only title that was going with the film. There were a lot of others like sentimental, temperamental but we thought this one was the best. I think the only reason people come to theatres and watch a movie is because of the trailer. If they liked the trailer or actors or makers, they would go and watch the film, not for any other reason I feel," Rajkummar told.

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JudgeMentall Hai Kya is an erotic black comedy orbiting around a murder. Rajkummar plays the role of Keshav while Kangana is Bobby. The film is produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shaailesh R Singh. Kanika Dhillon is the writer of the film while it is directed by Prakash Kovelamudi. JudgeMentall Hai Kya is scheduled to release on July 26, 2019.

(Source: Agency/Viral Bhayani)

 

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