Teenagers Are Faking Their Age By Tampering Aadhaar Cards To Watch A-Rated ¡®Kabir Singh¡¯
Teenagers in Jaipur are faking their age on the Aadhaar Cards to watch the A-Rated Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani starrer Kabir Singh. A kid apparently revealed that they are using a mobile app to change their date of birth. Another major loophole is online bookings.
So, what happens when a movie makes headlines for days at end, and there are debates going around it everywhere and social media is buzzing with memes and jokes?
Kids get even more excited to watch the movie.
Teenagers in Jaipur are faking their age on the Aadhaar Cards to watch the A-Rated Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani starrer Kabir Singh.
Wondering how are they doing it? A kid apparently revealed that they are using a mobile app to change their date of birth.
¡°My friends and I clicked pictures of our Aadhaar Cards and edited them on a mobile app to change my date of birth. No one stopped us at the theatre entrance and we managed to watch the film," Aakash (name changed) told IANS.
Another major loophole is online bookings.
¡°We booked bulk tickets through BookMyShow and surprisingly no one asked about our age or identity proof," another student Yuvraaj (name changed) said.
Well folks, this is how you become adults in minutes.
"The guards at the cinema hall did stop us but our school friends had already told us how to overcome the hurdle. So we clicked pictures of our Aadhaar Cards on our smartphones, changed the date of birth and became adults in minutes," he added.
BookMyShow in its defense says people are ignoring their guidelines.
"A pop-up appears on our site while booking tickets which says that under people 18 cannot watch an A-rated film. But people ignore this pop-up and book the tickets. As this is an online transaction, we don't ask for their ID proofs, which are checked at the entrance of the cinema hall," an official from BookMyShow was quoted as saying.
Rajeev Patni, VP-Operations, INOX Leisure Limited, said, ¡°We follow stringent ticketing guidelines while screening of A-rated movies. When guests enquire about such movies at the box-office, they are clearly informed about the age restriction.
¡°We also put a red stamp of letter ¡®A' on the ticket. During online booking, our website clearly informs the guests about the age restriction beforehand. The specators are also checked at the theatre entrance and not allowed inside if the age below 18. Youngsters who come with their family are politely refuse entry," Patni added.
Psychologist Dr Anamika Paprilwal says it shows ¡°over-possessiveness of the Kabir Singh, the protagonist, which is being admired by the youth."
Meanwhile, Kabir Singh is on its way to cross Rs 200 crore at the box office. The movie received a lot of backlash for romanticising misogyny. But teenagers are quite fantasised to watch the movie.
Garima Satija leads the Entertainment vertical of Indiatimes. A storyteller at heart who enjoys the thrill of writing, she is sometimes found daydreaming about living the lives of movie characters. Also, she hates talking about herself in the third person.
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