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Is Appan OK for kids?

2022 · Malayalam · 2h 09m · ←Ratings79
Age guidance
18 and up
CBFC A · our read 18+ · read from 6 reviews and the board’s record
18+
Parents should know
Strong violence: a character is tortured and cruelly killed. A bedridden, abusive patriarch torments his family with cruelty, drinking and lechery while they wait for his death; themes of trauma, family loyalty and a mob plotting violence run through this dark drama. Also strong scary or upsetting scenes, moderate sexual content, moderate bad language and moderate substance use.
Parents should know

18 and up

  • Strong violence
  • Strong intense scenes
  • Moderate language
  • Moderate sex & nudity
  • Moderate drinking, smoking, drugs

From 6 reviews Filmi read; the age is the CBFC A certificate’s.

1 · CertificateCBFC A · 18+
2 · Filmi’s read7 of 7 categories documentedNot documented does not mean absent
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Filmi Score
Very good
6 reviews · Details →
79
Summary

A cruel womaniser, who cheated death and has been bedridden for ages, harasses his wife and son out of spite. As his family waits for him to die, the villagers form a mob demanding to kill him because of his actions. When he tricks his wife into allowing him to spend time alone with another woman, his family faces a hard decision that could alter their lives forever.

Filmi puts it at 18+, and the CBFC certified it A.

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Filmi Score
Very good
79
Certificates
CBFC · IndiaA
Minimum age Source: CBFC
Certificate · CBFC
Aminimum age 18
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The record, item by item

Every piece of evidence behind the flags, quoted, with its source.
Sex & nudity · Mild · Reviewer on record
“bringing a prostitute to see appan and the scuffle amid it” view the record →
Intense scenes · Mild · Reviewer on record
“the theme in Appan is not joyful at all, one of life's dark chapters” view the record →
Language · Mild · Reviewer on record
“a filthy appan with unrelenting curses” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“as Itti's cruelties mount, everyone intensely wishes for his death” view the record →
Language · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“raining profanity and worse on his hapless kin” view the record →
Sex & nudity · Mild · Reviewer on record
“a sex worker with old ties to Itty” view the record →
Drinking, smoking, drugs · Mild · Reviewer on record
“used to be an expert arrack brewer” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“balance between dark comedy and disturbing cruelty is ungainly” view the record →
Language · Mild · Reviewer on record
“what is it, scoundrel” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“turning into a horribly hateful character every moment he is on the screen” view the record →
Sex & nudity · Mild · Reviewer on record
“laughs like a maniac every time he gets lecherous ideas” view the record →
Language · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“his lewd and nasty language” view the record →
Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“withstanding Itty's abuse and torture to ensure her son gets a recompense” view the record →
Intense scenes · Strong · Reviewer on record
“the unhealed scars of abuse, torture and ill-treatment” view the record →
Drinking, smoking, drugs · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“continuing to brew and drink arrack” view the record →
Sex & nudity · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“approaches every woman he sees in a sexual way” view the record →
Violence · Strong · Reviewer on record
“must be tortured and cruelly killed” view the record →
Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“when he loses his temper and takes on his father violently” view the record →
Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“அவரை டார்ச்சர் செய்து கொடூரமாகக் கொலை செய்யவேண்டும்” view the record →
Language · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“raining profanity and worse on his hapless kin” view the record →
Sex & nudity · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“He laughs like a maniac every time he gets lecherous ideas” view the record →
Sex & nudity · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“பார்க்கிற பெண்களை எல்லாம் பாலியல் ரீதியாகவே அணுகுவது” view the record →
Drinking, smoking, drugs · Mild · Reviewer on record
“Itty, who used to be an expert arrack brewer” view the record →
Drinking, smoking, drugs · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“சாராயம் காய்ச்சி குடித்துக்கொண்டே இருப்பது” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“a household deeply damaged by its male head” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“the prolonged trauma of their dysfunctional family dynamics” view the record →
Positive messages · Clear · Reviewer on record
“The struggle to break the cycle of intergenerational trauma is beautifully staged” view the record →
Positive messages · Clear · Reviewer on record
“അപ്പനെതിരല്ല താൻ എന്നും അമ്മയെ വേദനിപ്പിക്കാൻ സമ്മതിക്കില്ല” view the record →
Role models · Clear · Reviewer on record
“Njoonj exhibits his vulnerability, especially in the scenes with his son” view the record →
Role models · Clear · Reviewer on record
“Rosy, the very supportive wife, acting as a daughter to Kuttiyamma” view the record →

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Summary

A cruel womaniser, who cheated death and has been bedridden for ages, harasses his wife and son out of spite. As his family waits for him to die, the villagers form a mob demanding to kill him because of his actions. When he tricks his wife into allowing him to spend time alone with another woman, his family faces a hard decision that could alter their lives forever.

Parents ask

Answered from the record below — the certificate, the board’s cut list, and what reviewers documented.
Is Appan OK for kids?

Filmi puts Appan 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 Appan 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 Appan?

What the record shows: violence — strong; language — moderate; sex or nudity — moderate; drink or drugs — moderate; 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 Appan?

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.

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