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Is Homebound OK for kids?

2025 · Hindi · 2h 02m · ←Ratings84
Age guidance
16 and up
CBFC U/A 16+ · BBFC 12A · IMDA PG13 · our read 16+ · read from 14 reviews and the board’s record
16+
Parents should know
Strong scary or upsetting scenes. Two lifelong friends—one Muslim, one Dalit—face caste and religious discrimination while chasing a police job; the pandemic's migrant crisis brings a devastating, tearful climax. Also moderate violence, moderate bad language and mild sexual content.
Parents should know

16 and up

  • Strong intense scenes
  • Moderate violence
  • Moderate language

From 14 reviews Filmi read; the age is the CBFC U/A 16+ certificate’s.

1 · CertificateCBFC U/A 16+
2 · Filmi’s read6 of 7 categories documentedNot documented does not mean absent
Drinking, smoking, drugsNot documented
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Filmi Score
Exceptional
14 reviews · Details →
84
Summary

Two childhood friends from a small North Indian village chase a police job that promises them the dignity they’ve long been denied. But as they inch closer to their dream, mounting desperation threatens the bond that holds them together.

Filmi puts it at 16+, and the CBFC certified it U/A 16+.

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Filmi Score
Exceptional
84
Certificates
CBFC · IndiaU/A 16+
BBFC · UK12A
IMDAPG13
The IMDA’s record

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Minimum age Source: CBFC
Certificate · BBFC
12Aminimum age 12
source link pending
Certificate · CBFC
U/A 16+minimum age 16
source link pending
Certificate · IMDA
PG1319 Sep 2025 · certified runtime 2h 02m

The record, item by item

Every piece of evidence behind the flags, quoted, with its source.
Intense scenes · Strong · Reviewer on record
“Homebound's last half hour will stun you. You won't be left able to speak. You'll be mentally disturbed.” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“tense and unsettling as it chronicles the ordeal of migrants after the sudden lockdown” view the record →
Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“They get beaten up by the police during a curfew, with Shoaib getting a harsher treatment” view the record →
Language · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“words like gan and the lines like aloo goi have been removed” view the record →
Language · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“deals with the most ghastly inhumane divisive language being projected towards them” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“the abuse he faces will genuinely make you rage at the scenes and dialogues” view the record →
Violence · Mild · Reviewer on record
“Chandan standing in Shoaib's path during an Islamophobic assault” view the record →
Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“Chandan standing in Shoaib's path during an Islamophobic assault” view the record →
Sex & nudity · Mild · Reviewer on record
“Chandan and Sudha have a tentative romance” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“true horror faced by the marginalised during the COVID scare” view the record →
Intense scenes · Strong · Reviewer on record
“harrowing and tragic years”
Positive messages · Strong · Reviewer on record
“the resilience that shines through Homebound” view the record →
Role models · Clear · Reviewer on record
“despite constant humiliation, both don't give up on the idea of India” view the record →
Language · Mild · IMDA
“Some Coarse Language” view the record →

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Summary

Two childhood friends from a small North Indian village chase a police job that promises them the dignity they’ve long been denied. But as they inch closer to their dream, mounting desperation threatens the bond that holds them together.

Parents ask

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

Filmi puts Homebound at 16+ — suitable for 16 and over. The CBFC certified it U/A 16+. 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 Homebound suitable for?

16+, based on the CBFC rating of U/A 16+. 4 of the five content-warning categories are documented for this film.

What content should parents know about in Homebound?

What the record shows: violence — moderate; language — moderate; sex or nudity — mild; drink or drugs — not on record; 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 Homebound?

The CBFC certified it U/A 16+ 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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