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Is Chennai Love Story OK for kids?
Age guidance
13 and up
CBFC U/A 13+ · BBFC 15 · our read 13+ · read from 12 reviews and the board’s recordOur read is under the BBFC’s because the record shows strong frightening scenes and nothing stronger. The sources are below.
13+
Parents should know
Strong scary or upsetting scenes: a character is sexually assaulted. A breakup drama where the heroine turns to heavy drinking; a mid-film twist brings a sexual-assault subplot one critic calls forced. Also moderate substance use, mild sexual content and mild violence.
Parents should know
13 and up
- Strong intense scenes
- Moderate drinking, smoking, drugs
From 12 reviews Filmi read; the age is the CBFC U/A 13+ certificate’s.
1 · CertificateCBFC U/A 13+
2 · Filmi’s read7 of 7 categories documentedNot documented does not mean absent
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Summary
Two young people navigate their first experience of love, dealing with its powerful emotions and obstacles while discovering the delicate nature of newfound romance.
Filmi puts it at 13+, and the CBFC certified it U/A 13+.
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Certificates
CBFC · IndiaU/A 13+
BBFC · UK15
Minimum age
Source: CBFC
Certificate · BBFC
15minimum age 15
source link pending
Certificate · CBFC
U/A 13+minimum age 13
source link pending
The record, item by item
Every piece of evidence behind the flags, quoted, with its source.
Drinking, smoking, drugs · Mild · Reviewer on record
“She finds refuge in alcohol.” view the record →
Drinking, smoking, drugs · Mild · Reviewer on record
“takes to alcoholism and lives in a constant state of depression” view the record →
Sex & nudity · Mild · Reviewer on record
“too much importance being given to a woman's chastity” view the record →
Drinking, smoking, drugs · Mild · Reviewer on record
“a girl becoming addicted to alcohol” view the record →
Drinking, smoking, drugs · Mild · Reviewer on record
“driving her to seek solace in alcohol” view the record →
Drinking, smoking, drugs · Mild · Reviewer on record
“she slips into depression and develops a drinking habit” view the record →
Language · None · Reviewer on record
“There are no vulgar dialogues, forced comedy or over-the-top action” view the record →
Violence · None · Reviewer on record
“films filled with violence, gore... Chennai Love Story arrives like a breath of fresh air” view the record →
Intense scenes · Mild · Reviewer on record
“a cab driver with evil intentions and Steven rescues her” view the record →
Drinking, smoking, drugs · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“downs bottles of whiskey and gin alternately, adding some to her water bottle” view the record →
Sex & nudity · Mild · Reviewer on record
“The obsession with virginity is strange.” view the record →
Intense scenes · Strong · Reviewer on record
“the sudden ushering in of sexual assault... to raise the film's stakes” view the record →
Drinking, smoking, drugs · Mild · Reviewer on record
“has started drinking after being ditched by the man she was going to marry” view the record →
Violence · Mild · Reviewer on record
“hero saves the heroine from a group of goons” view the record →
Language · None · Reviewer on record
“no vulgar dialogues” view the record →
Sex & nudity · Strong · Reviewer on record
“sudden ushering in of sexual assault, without context, as a plot to raise the film's stakes” view the record →
Sex & nudity · Mild · Reviewer on record
“The obsession with virginity is strange.” view the record →
Sex & nudity · Mild · Reviewer on record
“tender moment of intimacy that follows after Nivi asks Steven for a 'boon'” view the record →
Drinking, smoking, drugs · Strong · Reviewer on record
“downs bottles of whiskey and gin alternately, adding some to her water bottle” view the record →
Drinking, smoking, drugs · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“ends up getting addicted to alcohol” view the record →
Drinking, smoking, drugs · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“takes to alcoholism and lives in a constant state of depression” view the record →
Intense scenes · Strong · Reviewer on record
“forced inclusion of sexual assault to mitigate narrative ennui” view the record →
Intense scenes · Mild · Reviewer on record
“life is shattered by a traumatic incident” view the record →
Positive messages · Strong · Reviewer on record
“life doesn't end with a failed relationship” view the record →
Positive messages · Strong · Reviewer on record
“about learning to live again after life has fallen apart” view the record →
Role models · Some · Reviewer on record
“innocence and genuine affection become the emotional foundation of the film” view the record →
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Summary
Two young people navigate their first experience of love, dealing with its powerful emotions and obstacles while discovering the delicate nature of newfound romance.
Parents ask
Answered from the record below — the certificate, the board’s cut list, and what reviewers documented.
Is Chennai Love Story OK for kids?
Filmi puts Chennai Love Story at 13+ — suitable for 13 and over. The CBFC certified it U/A 13+. 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 Chennai Love Story suitable for?
13+, based on the CBFC rating of U/A 13+. 5 of the five content-warning categories are documented for this film.
What content should parents know about in Chennai Love Story?
What the record shows: violence — mild; language — none, documented; sex or nudity — mild; 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 Chennai Love Story?
The CBFC certified it U/A 13+ 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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