Check Out: Deleted scene of We Are Family

Very often we get to know or hear about a deleted scene in a film only after the film’s original DVD releases. However, the makers of the forthcoming film We Are Family starring Kajol, Read More">Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal have already announced about a 9 minute scene being deleted as it had racial undertones. BollywoodRead More

Very often we get to know or hear about a deleted scene in a film only after the film's original DVD releases. However, the makers of the forthcoming film We Are Family starring Kajol, Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal have already announced about a 9 minute scene being deleted as it had racial undertones. Bollywood Hungama got in touch with director Siddharth Malhotra who was gracious enough to share what you are not likely to see in We Are Family. So over to you Sid…

"Yes…it's true that we have completely chopped off a 9 minute scene from We Are Family because of the racism angle in it. The scene revolves around Kajol's boy being abused by some kids at school who call him 'Shit Brown'. The kid decides to bunk school after this incident. When Kajol asks him to just ignore it, he shares his experience with Kareena who tells him not to give in to the bullies and asks him to be brave and give it back to the kids. So you have a scene showing the small boy spraying paint all over the Aussie kids who called him 'Shit Brown' and beating them full on Rajinikanth style. It's actually quite a fun scene which the kids in the audience would have loved. This particular shot is when a shocked Kajol arrives at the school and sees Kareena cheering the small boy as he gives it back to the kids who'd earlier abused him."

“This is the confrontation scene between Kareena and Kajol after the small boy has been reprimanded by the Principal for beating his classmates. Both Kajol and Kareena’s approach to the way the whole incident should have been treated is what results in the confrontation.” On being asked why they decided to delete the entire sequence, Read More">Read More

"This is the confrontation scene between Kareena and Kajol after the small boy has been reprimanded by the Principal for beating his classmates. Both Kajol and Kareena's approach to the way the whole incident should have been treated is what results in the confrontation."

On being asked why they decided to delete the entire sequence, Siddharth said, "See…the scene was written nearly one and a half years ago when racism wasn't so common in Australia where our film is set. We didn't want people to get the impression that we have included such a scene just to cash in on the racism controversy currently prevalent in Australia. Moreover, our film is not based on racism in any way, the primary intent of the whole scene was just to show two different approaches to upbringing and also establish a kind of a special bond between the small boy and Kareena's character. However, when we saw the final edit, we realized that there was already a scene showing Kareena bonding with the boy and hence felt that there was no real need to show them bonding yet again through this particular scene."

However, there is good news for all those who wish they could get to see this scene. Siddharth confirmed that the scene would surely make it in the Deleted Scenes section of the original DVD of We Are Family.

“This is the scene in the Principal’s office after the boy is reprimanded for beating his classmates. When Arjun comes to know of the real reason behind his son’s act, he actually stands up for him against the Principal.”

"This is the scene in the Principal's office after the boy is reprimanded for beating his classmates. When Arjun comes to know of the real reason behind his son's act, he actually stands up for him against the Principal."