In a blatant misuse of technology, teenagers in Jaipur have been found faking their age on their Aadhar Cards just to watch A-rated Bollywood flick Kabir Singh.
The Shaheed Kapoor-starrer is going superhit in cinema halls across the country. But given its ‘adult’ certification, those below the age of 18 cannot watch the film. That’s hardly a problem though.
‘My friends and I clicked pictures of our Aadhar 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 student Yuvraaj (name changed) said: ‘We booked bulk tickets through BookMyShow and surprisingly no one asked about our age or identity proof.’
‘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 Aadhar Cards on our smartphones, changed the date of birth and became adults in minutes,’ he added. An official from ticket booking website BookmyShow said: ‘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.’
Rajeev Patni, VP-Operations, INOX Leisure Limited, admitted that the multiplex chain was facing a challenge with “Kabeer Singh”, for which teenagers were coming in large numbers. ‘However they are being turned away by our staff handling the situation politely,’ he added. (IANS)
