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2026 · Hindi · 2h 28m · ←Ratings64
Age guidance
13 and up
CBFC U/A 13+ · BBFC 15 · our read 13+ · read from 11 reviews and the board’s recordOur read is under the BBFC’s because the record shows moderate violence and moderate frightening scenes and nothing stronger. The sources are below.
13+
Parents should know
Moderate violence: tank battles show bloody fighting as a soldier fires while his tank burns. A biographical war drama about a young soldier's sacrifice in the 1971 war; battle scenes show blood; avoid gratuitous violence, and the story centers on grief, courage and reconciliation across the India-Pakistan border. Also moderate scary or upsetting scenes.
Parents should know

13 and up

  • Moderate violence
  • Moderate intense scenes

From 11 reviews Filmi read; the age is the CBFC U/A 13+ certificate’s.

1 · CertificateCBFC U/A 13+
2 · Filmi’s read4 of 7 categories documentedNot documented does not mean absent
LanguageNot documented
Sex & nudityNot documented
Drinking, smoking, drugsNot documented
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Filmi Score
Good
11 reviews · Details →
64
Summary

Second Lieutenant and India's youngest Param Vir Chakra recipient, Arun Khetarpal, gave his life fighting for his battalion and the country during the 1971 Battle of Basantar. Ikkis also takes a reflective look at the futility of war through the eyes of Khetarpal's father, who visits his ancestral home in Sargodha and Alma Mater for reunion, which now happens to be in post-partition Pakistan, 30 years later.

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
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The record, item by item

Every piece of evidence behind the flags, quoted, with its source.
Violence · None · Reviewer on record
“no macho dialogue-baazi, bloodshed, or loud patriotic display” view the record →
Intense scenes · None · Reviewer on record
“Ikkis is a film to watch with the whole family” view the record →
Violence · None · Reviewer on record
“it doesn't show random bloodshed” view the record →
Violence · Mild · Reviewer on record
“the battlefield...stays away from gratuitous violence” view the record →
Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“gathers in intensity and force in the brutal war moments as the Indian Army lurches into Pakistan” view the record →
Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“The tank warfare...is detailed, immersive, and sobering” view the record →
Violence · Mild · Reviewer on record
“the mutual admiration that comes even in the atmosphere of extreme violence” view the record →
Violence · Mild · Reviewer on record
“Arun fumbles while killing a goat as part of a ritual” view the record →
Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“stained red with human blood, stays away from gratuitous violence” view the record →
Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“he does not give up firing at the enemy, even when his tank is on fire” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“Everybody has a way of dealing with grief and so does a father who has lost his son in a war” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“the climax sequence, where the brigadier is told about how his son paid the ultimate sacrifice” view the record →
Intense scenes · Strong · Reviewer on record
“the harrowing fallout of conflict” view the record →
Positive messages · Strong · Reviewer on record
“War takes more than it gives” view the record →
Positive messages · Strong · Reviewer on record
“All war films, when honest, are essentially anti-war films” view the record →
Role models · Strong · Reviewer on record
“his exemplary supreme sacrifice earned him the Param Vir Chakra” view the record →
Role models · Strong · Reviewer on record
“It is indeed a story of courage, conviction and true bravery” view the record →

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Summary

Second Lieutenant and India's youngest Param Vir Chakra recipient, Arun Khetarpal, gave his life fighting for his battalion and the country during the 1971 Battle of Basantar. Ikkis also takes a reflective look at the futility of war through the eyes of Khetarpal's father, who visits his ancestral home in Sargodha and Alma Mater for reunion, which now happens to be in post-partition Pakistan, 30 years later.

Parents ask

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

Filmi puts Ikkis 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 Ikkis suitable for?

13+, based on the CBFC rating of U/A 13+. 2 of the five content-warning categories are documented for this film.

What content should parents know about in Ikkis?

What the record shows: violence — moderate; 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 Ikkis?

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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