Wary movies play safe with ever-expanding disclaimers

Be it Kalank, which had three to four frames just of disclaimers, to last year’s Padmaavat, which had a disclaimer for every aspect of the film, disclaimers seem to have become long-form writing, with detailed ones for every topic – social, political, religious – that might spark an outrage. They are no longer few lines, but disclaimers have now become lengthy paragraphs – there can be even five-six disclaimers – covering every possible aspect, that can “hurt sentiments”, thereby leading to protests and landing filmmakers in trouble.