'Avatar: Fire and Ash' cleared by CBFC with no cuts
What's the story
The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has passed the highly anticipated Hollywood film, Avatar: Fire and Ash, with a U/A 16+ certificate. The decision was made on December 11, eight days ahead of its global release, reported Bollywood Hungama. Despite previous entries in the franchise featuring strong language and graphic violence, this installment has been cleared without any visual or dialogue cuts.
Film duration
'Fire and Ash' runtime surpasses previous franchise films
The third installment of the Avatar franchise, directed by James Cameron, has a runtime of 197.21 minutes (3 hours and 17 minutes). This makes it the longest film in the series so far. The first movie, Avatar (2009), was 162 minutes long while its sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), had a runtime of 192.10 minutes.
Story continuation
'Fire and Ash' continues the 'Avatar' franchise's narrative
Avatar: Fire and Ash continues the story of humans attempting to colonize Pandora, a habitable moon, for unobtanium mining. This activity poses an existential threat to the local Na'vi tribe, a humanoid species native to Pandora. In Avatar: The Way of Water, a human who has become Na'vi starts a family but is forced to seek refuge with an aquatic clan due to renewed human threats.