 The Indian television premiere of The Dirty Picture was set to be telecast on Sony Entertainment Television on 22 April 2012 at 12 noon and 8 pm IST . The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court allowed the TV channel to go ahead with the scheduled telecast after the Central Board of Film Certification had cleared the film with 56 cuts , 36 of which were done by the producers , while other cuts were suggested by the Certification Board . The film had to go through these cuts as the telecast of an adult @-@ rated film during prime time in India is a violation of the Cable TV Network Rules , 1994 and the Cable TV Networks ( Regulation ) Act , 1995 . Following this process , Sony Entertainment Television promoted the scheduled telecast . However , on the scheduled day , the film was not telecast , with the channel putting up a message stating , " For unavoidable reasons we regret to inform that The Dirty Picture will not be telecast today . Any inconvenience caused is deeply regretted . " The Information and Broadcast Ministry informed the TV channel that it can air the film only after prime time , that 's post 11 pm . 
