The Central Board of Film Certification has passed the Hollywood thriller Verity with an 'A' certificate after ordering cuts totalling 23 seconds of intimate visuals. The board's September 29 certificate asks for the deletion of portions of a make-out sequence between Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson, along with the removal of e-cigarette visuals. A medicine brand visible in a scene has been blurred, and anti-smoking and anti-alcohol statics have been inserted. The film's certified runtime is 118.41 minutes. Verity, an adaptation of Colleen Hoover's bestselling novel, also stars Josh Hartnett. Paid previews begin on the evening of October 1, with the full release on October 2. The cuts follow the CBFC's standard practice for intimate content in films seeking Indian certification. Hathaway and Johnson lead a cast that has already generated strong pre-release buzz for the psychological thriller. The film is based on Colleen Hoover's 2021 novel of the same name and opens worldwide this weekend.