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Is Bandar OK for kids?
Filmi puts it at 18+, and the CBFC certified it A. 6 of 7 categories documented.
←Ratings70Content 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
Clear
Role models
Not documented
Read from 16 reviews.
The record, item by item
Every piece of evidence behind the flags, quoted, with its source.
Sex & nudity · moderate · Reviewer on record
“Sexual abuse, in simple words rape... no crime could be more vile than this” view the record →
Substances · mild · Reviewer on record
“One man was getting high on lizard smoke” view the record →
Frightening / intense · strong · Reviewer on record
“This film is not made for everyone” view the record →
Frightening / intense · strong · Reviewer on record
“See, the movie is A-rated” view the record →
Language · moderate · Reviewer on record
“Full-on raw, foul-mouthed language” view the record →
Frightening / intense · strong · Reviewer on record
“If you're weak-hearted, you might even throw up” view the record →
Frightening / intense · strong · Reviewer on record
“I would not at all prefer watching this film in theatre with children” view the record →
Sex & nudity · moderate · Reviewer on record
“There are quite intense sexual sequences” view the record →
Language · mild · Reviewer on record
“There is cussing but some of it is muted out” view the record →
Violence & gore · moderate · Reviewer on record
“violent jail brawls erupt at the slightest provocation” view the record →
Substances · mild · Reviewer on record
“two men addicted to lizard smoke” view the record →
Frightening / intense · moderate · Reviewer on record
“subjected to indignities that belie description” view the record →
Frightening / intense · moderate · Reviewer on record
“nauseating intimate shots inside the jail... are both jolting and revolting” view the record →
Language · moderate · Reviewer on record
“constant use of gutter language” view the record →
Sex & nudity · moderate · Reviewer on record
“the hard-core stuff he watches on his cell-phone–'doms and young girls'” view the record →
Frightening / intense · moderate · Reviewer on record
“menacing inmates, threats of physical violation” view the record →
Frightening / intense · strong · Reviewer on record
“the many scenes that keep returning to the toilet area are definitely not for the squeamish” view the record →
Violence & gore · moderate · Reviewer on record
“Violence is routine. Corruption infiltrates every aspect of daily existence” view the record →
Substances · moderate · Reviewer on record
“a scene stealer as an eccentric prisoner navigating reality through substance abuse and delusion” view the record →
Frightening / intense · strong · Reviewer on record
“relentless and often horrifying, creating a suffocating atmosphere” view the record →
Language · mild · Reviewer on record
“the muted words breaking the flow of dialogues continues with this movie” view the record →
Frightening / intense · moderate · Reviewer on record
“it's disturbing, it's triggering, it's a reflection on cancel culture” view the record →
Language · mild · Reviewer on record
“casually drop a Hindi slur for effect” view the record →
Sex & nudity · moderate · Reviewer on record
“accuses him of sexual assault” view the record →
Frightening / intense · mild · Reviewer on record
“ugliness of prison consumes and begins to disintegrate Samar's mental state” view the record →
Sex & nudity · mild · Reviewer on record
“accused of rape by a woman he met on a dating app” view the record →
Frightening / intense · moderate · Reviewer on record
“Sorry if he ever made her feel unsettled... the conversation is disturbing to the core” view the record →
Frightening / intense · moderate · Reviewer on record
“the stench makes us want to wretch and each inmate's behaviour tingles the spine” view the record →
Substances · mild · Reviewer on record
“lizard-tail smoking junkies (Raj B Shetty and Natesh Hegde)” view the record →
Violence & gore · moderate · Reviewer on record
“police brutality and corruption, they're also central themes” view the record →
Sex & nudity · moderate · Reviewer on record
“cops almost take pleasure in reading reports of sexual assault” view the record →
Sex & nudity · moderate · Reviewer on record
“he thinks of the time when he wanted to choke Gayatri during their sexual encounter” view the record →
Frightening / intense · strong · Reviewer on record
“It is triggering in a hundred different ways” view the record →
Frightening / intense · moderate · Reviewer on record
“grotesque living conditions of Indian prisons, many shots of human faeces included” view the record →
Substances · mild · Reviewer on record
“an inmate who smuggles drugs in his nether regions inside the prison” view the record →
Violence & gore · moderate · Reviewer on record
“menacing inmates, threats of physical violation” view the record →
Violence & gore · moderate · Reviewer on record
“each gang boss seeming trustworthy and backstabbing at the same time” view the record →
Frightening / intense · moderate · Reviewer on record
“inhumanly overcrowded cells, filthy latrines” view the record →
Frightening / intense · moderate · Reviewer on record
“the conversation is disturbing to the core” view the record →
Frightening / intense · moderate · Reviewer on record
“It is triggering in a hundred different ways”
Frightening / intense · moderate · Reviewer on record
“it's disturbing, it's triggering, it's a reflection on cancel culture”
Frightening / intense · strong · Reviewer on record
“शायद आप उल्टी भी कर दो”
Frightening / intense · strong · Reviewer on record
“എനിക്ക് സങ്കൽപ്പിക്കാൻ പോലും പറ്റുന്നില്ല”
Sex & nudity · moderate · Reviewer on record
“a casual, if consensual one night-stand” view the record →
Sex & nudity · moderate · Reviewer on record
“was involved with physically” view the record →
Substances · moderate · Reviewer on record
“two men addicted to lizard smoke” view the record →
Substances · moderate · Reviewer on record
“navigating reality through substance abuse and delusion” view the record →
Language · moderate · Reviewer on record
“constant use of gutter language” view the record →
Language · moderate · Reviewer on record
“फुल ऑन रॉ गाली गलौज वाला”
Positive messages · clear · Reviewer on record
“we see a few good men doing the right thing” view the record →
Parents ask
Answered from the record below — the certificate, the board’s cut list, and what reviewers documented.
Is Bandar OK for kids?
Filmi puts Bandar 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 Bandar 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 Bandar?
Documented so far: violence — moderate, 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 Bandar?
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
0 / 280
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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 · CBFC
Aminimum age 18
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Parent note
A fading star is jailed after a rape accusation; the film shows harsh, filthy prison conditions, frequent crude language, and scenes critics call disturbing and triggering. One implied consensual encounter is described; no explicit sex.
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