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Netflix has censored a Hollywood film in India, removing mentions and maps of Kashmir from Mission Impossible: Fallout. This is a first for the platform in India. While this is the version of the film that was released in theatres in India, it’s noteworthy that Netflix took an unusual step of releasing this censored version online, on its platform, as well.
This is something it has not done for any other Mission Impossible film.
Netflix refused to say if they would have streamed the original version of the film if they were able to. Netflix has never been reported to release theatrically censored versions of Hollywood films, though they have done so sometimes for Indian titles, like Udta Punjab and Angry Indian Goddesses. Mission Impossible: Fallout was originally slated to appear on Netflix in India on June 10, but mysteriously vanished from the “Coming Soon” section of Netflix’s schedule on the app, and ended up releasing on Friday.
Amazon Prime Video had the film censored this way too, but they have always excised titles from content that might upset Indian viewers, like an episode of The Grand Tour that featured cow bones on a car, or an episode of Madam Secretary that featured a Hindu terrorist attack. They even censored several Hollywood films in India on launch.
This is something it has not done for any other Mission Impossible film.
Netflix refused to say if they would have streamed the original version of the film if they were able to. Netflix has never been reported to release theatrically censored versions of Hollywood films, though they have done so sometimes for Indian titles, like Udta Punjab and Angry Indian Goddesses. Mission Impossible: Fallout was originally slated to appear on Netflix in India on June 10, but mysteriously vanished from the “Coming Soon” section of Netflix’s schedule on the app, and ended up releasing on Friday.
Amazon Prime Video had the film censored this way too, but they have always excised titles from content that might upset Indian viewers, like an episode of The Grand Tour that featured cow bones on a car, or an episode of Madam Secretary that featured a Hindu terrorist attack. They even censored several Hollywood films in India on launch.