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Is Animal OK for kids?
Filmi puts it at 18+, and the CBFC certified it A. 6 of 7 categories documented.
←Ratings50Content flags
We haven’t watched the film. Every flag comes from a documentary source — the board’s record, the BBFC’s notes, or a reviewer’s on-record warning. A blank means nobody documented it — not that it’s clean.
Violence & gore
Language
Sex & nudity
Substances
Frightening / intense
Positive messages
Strong
Role models
Not documented
Read from 21 reviews.
The record, item by item
Every piece of evidence behind the flags, quoted, with its source.
Sex & nudity · moderate · Reviewer on record
“There are adult scenes that might make you uncomfortable watching with family.” view the record →
Violence & gore · mild · Reviewer on record
“The film is definitely violent, but calling it disturbing would be wrong.” view the record →
Sex & nudity · mild · Reviewer on record
“There are kisses in it.” view the record →
Violence & gore · strong · Reviewer on record
“There is brutal bloodshed.” view the record →
Frightening / intense · moderate · Reviewer on record
“Kids or teenagers could be badly influenced by this... if you're below 18, you can't watch this.” view the record →
Violence & gore · strong · Reviewer on record
“if you are easily triggered by violence you need to stay away from this film” view the record →
Sex & nudity · moderate · Reviewer on record
“he tells rashmika that she has a big pelvis a body perfect for bearing children” view the record →
Substances · mild · Reviewer on record
“sees his sister go for the whiskey and he tells her don't do that have wine” view the record →
Violence & gore · moderate · Reviewer on record
“Went into the classroom with a gun to threaten those who ragged his sister.” view the record →
Frightening / intense · moderate · Reviewer on record
“If you happen to go anyway, whatever state you're in by the time you get home, I'm not responsible for that.” view the record →
Violence & gore · strong · Reviewer on record
“Violence reaches its zenith. Gore takes the centerstage. It's bloodbath all over.” view the record →
Sex & nudity · mild · Reviewer on record
“multiple references to male's pubic hair as a symbol of manhood isn't too pleasant” view the record →
Sex & nudity · moderate · Reviewer on record
“the two indulge in steamy lovemaking session” view the record →
Frightening / intense · moderate · Reviewer on record
“practice caution if you decide to watch it because there's a lot of it” view the record →
Violence & gore · moderate · Reviewer on record
“He hurts her by stretching & shooting her bra strap at her, leading to rashes on her back” view the record →
Language · moderate · Reviewer on record
“I change pads 50 times a day.” view the record →
Sex & nudity · mild · Reviewer on record
“He sleeps with another woman only to confess the same to his wife” view the record →
Sex & nudity · moderate · Reviewer on record
“putting his 'healthy babies' in her 'wide pelvis'” view the record →
Violence & gore · moderate · Reviewer on record
“bloodshed, gunfire BGM, Sikh men with guns” view the record →
Language · mild · Reviewer on record
“a mockery of menstruation” view the record →
Violence & gore · strong · Reviewer on record
“vomiting level dose of violence” view the record →
Sex & nudity · moderate · Reviewer on record
“stuffed the film with his pervert, sex maniac mind” view the record →
Frightening / intense · moderate · Reviewer on record
“cheap perverted scenes that will keep the family audience away and uncomfortable” view the record →
Sex & nudity · moderate · Reviewer on record
“He shows his private part.” view the record →
Frightening / intense · moderate · Reviewer on record
“Many scenes take away the courage to watch this film with the family.” view the record →
Violence & gore · strong · Reviewer on record
“much of Animal's screenplay presents sequence upon gory sequence purely for the shock value they provide” view the record →
Sex & nudity · moderate · Reviewer on record
“makes her take her clothes off in front of the house help, presenting her body for him to admire” view the record →
Language · mild · Reviewer on record
“Enough references are made to penises and body hair to underline this declaration” view the record →
Violence & gore · strong · Reviewer on record
“Animal has violence of every sort, emotional, psychological, sexual, physical” view the record →
Sex & nudity · strong · Reviewer on record
“a killer who rapes and hits women with impunity” view the record →
Frightening / intense · strong · Reviewer on record
“he points a gun at a pregnant woman who is in the throes of labor” view the record →
Violence & gore · strong · Reviewer on record
“two brutal killings in the film. And the hero is so violent that he keeps chopping (shooting) even after the man is dead” view the record →
Frightening / intense · moderate · Reviewer on record
“Toxic husband and submissive wife is the equation here” view the record →
Violence & gore · moderate · Reviewer on record
“he chokes her when she questions his erratic behaviour and obsession with his father” view the record →
Violence & gore · moderate · Reviewer on record
“bodies drop to an alarming degree” view the record →
Frightening / intense · moderate · Reviewer on record
“peppered with overt emotional abuse” view the record →
Sex & nudity · moderate · Reviewer on record
“references to Ranvijay's prowess both in the bedroom and the battlefield” view the record →
Violence & gore · moderate · Reviewer on record
“it can be remembered as a violent film with outstanding presentation” view the record →
Sex & nudity · moderate · Reviewer on record
“there were many raw visuals and conversations about s*x in the movie” view the record →
Violence & gore · moderate · Reviewer on record
“Ranvijay soon starts to become increasingly violent, in general and especially towards his wife” view the record →
Sex & nudity · moderate · Reviewer on record
“an obsession with the phallic that lasts from the very first scene to the end” view the record →
Violence & gore · moderate · Reviewer on record
“bloodshed, attacks, and gunfire-heavy scenes” view the record →
Sex & nudity · mild · Reviewer on record
“intimate scenes follow between them” view the record →
Frightening / intense · moderate · Reviewer on record
“the 203-minute film given an 'Adults Only' certificate” view the record →
Violence & gore · strong · Reviewer on record
“The bloodshed isn't for the weak hearted to watch” view the record →
Violence & gore · strong · Reviewer on record
“action is very violent and disturbing” view the record →
Violence & gore · strong · Reviewer on record
“Animal has violence of every sort, emotional, psychological, sexual, physical”
Sex & nudity · strong · Reviewer on record
“autopilot plane sex, a post murder sex” view the record →
Sex & nudity · strong · Reviewer on record
“sleeps around with the fiance of the dead guy who donated his heart” view the record →
Sex & nudity · moderate · Reviewer on record
“stacked with references to Ranvijay's prowess both in the bedroom and the battlefield” view the record →
Language · moderate · Reviewer on record
“a lesson on pubic hair” view the record →
Frightening / intense · moderate · Reviewer on record
“Vijay grabs his wife's neck”
Frightening / intense · moderate · Reviewer on record
“he chokes her when she questions his erratic behaviour” view the record →
Positive messages · strong · Reviewer on record
“could have been a great father-son love story” view the record →
Positive messages · strong · Reviewer on record
“father-son and husband-wife tracks stand out and are the most memorable” view the record →
Parents ask
Answered from the record below — the certificate, the board’s cut list, and what reviewers documented.
Is Animal OK for kids?
Filmi puts Animal at 18+ — suitable for 18 and over. The CBFC certified it A. That comes from the certificate and from what reviewers documented, not from anyone at Filmi watching the film — every claim on this page is quoted with its source.
What age is Animal suitable for?
18+, based on the CBFC rating of A. 5 of the five content-warning categories are documented for this film.
What content should parents know about in Animal?
Documented so far: violence — strong, language — moderate, sex or nudity — strong, drink or drugs — mild, frightening scenes — strong. A category left blank means nobody documented it, not that the film is clean — the full record, quoted with sources, is on this page.
Did the censor board cut anything from Animal?
The CBFC certified it A with no published cut list. That is not the same as the film being uncut — only that no modification was published.
Seen it with your kids?
What age would you say?
You have watched it, they have not. What is the youngest age you would sit next to? The board puts it at 18+; your pick joins a parents’ number that sits beside it and never replaces it.
18+and up
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Violence & gore
Language
Sex & nudity
Substances
Frightening / intense
Positive messages
Role models
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Minimum age
18+
CBFC: A
Source: CBFC
Certificate · BBFC
18minimum age 18
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Certificate · CBFC
Aminimum age 18
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Parent note
A son's obsession with his father erupts into graphic, sustained violence and explicit sexual content; critics flag choking and coercive scenes as troubling amid an otherwise heavy father-son story.
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