The CBFC previously granted 'Kennedy' an 'A' certificate and asked director Anurag Kashyap to make several cuts and edits. This included replacing the words 'Donald Trump' with 'Pump Trump' and 'Dawood Ibrahim' with 'Pakistan Don'. Further, edits included muting curse words, deleting a 14-second scene with a "degrading dialogue", and adding an anti-smoking disclaimer on all smoking scenes.