CBFC U · our read 10+ · read from 2 reviews and the board’s record
10+
Parents should know
Moderate scary or upsetting scenes: families receive telegrams announcing a loved one's death. A poetic period drama about a disabled WWI-veteran postman who becomes the bearer of death telegrams in a Kerala village during WWII. Also mild violence.
Parents should know
10 and up
Moderate intense scenes
From 2 reviews Filmi read; the age follows the content record.
1 · CertificateCBFC U · All
2 · Filmi’s read3 of 7 categories documentedNot documented does not mean absent
LanguageNot documented
Sex & nudityNot documented
Drinking, smoking, drugsNot documented
Positive messagesNot documented
3 · Parents’ votesNone counted yet. Yours is the slider below.
A First World War veteran reaches a backwater village in Kuttanand, India as a Postman. He delivers money orders and letters to the family of soldiers, becoming a symbol of happiness. But everything turns upside down, as the Second World War begins.
Filmi puts it at 10+ from the content record, and the CBFC certified it U.
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“the telegram would invariably contain the news that their loved ones are no more” view the record →
Role models · Clear · Reviewer on record
“sensitive enough to postpone, by a day, delivering the telegram” view the record →
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Summary
A First World War veteran reaches a backwater village in Kuttanand, India as a Postman. He delivers money orders and letters to the family of soldiers, becoming a symbol of happiness. But everything turns upside down, as the Second World War begins.
Parents ask
Answered from the record below — the certificate, the board’s cut list, and what reviewers documented.
Is Bhayanakam OK for kids?
Filmi puts Bhayanakam at 10+ from the content record — suitable for 10 and over. The CBFC certified it U. 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 Bhayanakam suitable for?
10+, from the content record (the CBFC rated it U). 2 of the five content-warning categories are documented for this film.
What content should parents know about in Bhayanakam?
What the record shows: violence — mild; language — not on record; sex or nudity — not on record; drink or drugs — not on record; frightening scenes — moderate. 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 Bhayanakam?
The CBFC certified it U with no published cut list. That is not the same as the film being uncut — only that no modification was published.
