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Is Maa OK for kids?
Age guidance
15 and up
BBFC 15 · IMDA NC16 · our read 15+ · read from 19 reviews and the board’s record
15+
Parents should know
Strong violence: a baby is sacrificed in a ritual, causing a blood spurt. A mother travels to her husband's ancestral village to save her daughter from a demon tied to a family curse. Also strong scary or upsetting scenes and mild bad language.
Parents should know
15 and up
- Strong violence
- Strong intense scenes
From 19 reviews Filmi read; the age is the BBFC 15 certificate’s.
1 · CertificateBBFC 15
2 · Filmi’s read5 of 7 categories documentedNot documented does not mean absent
Sex & nudityNot documented
Drinking, smoking, drugsNot documented
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Summary
A mother and daughter encounter a demon in a village where girls have been disappearing.
Filmi puts it at 15+, and the BBFC certified it 15.
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Certificates
BBFC · UK15
IMDANC16
The BBFC’s record
The IMDA’s record
Minimum age
Source: BBFC
The record, item by item
Every piece of evidence behind the flags, quoted, with its source.
Language · None · Reviewer on record
“no vulgarity and no cursing” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“the scene of a man burning in a car... it was very scary” view the record →
Intense scenes · Mild · Reviewer on record
“you'll feel jump scares in many places” view the record →
Violence · Mild · Reviewer on record
“he meets a grisly end before that comes to pass” view the record →
Intense scenes · Mild · Reviewer on record
“Maa has more than its share of jump scares, especially in the first half” view the record →
Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“they sacrifice her before Daitya, named Aamsaja, comes in search of her” view the record →
Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“it turns out to be a daitya, who kills Shuvankar” view the record →
Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“the killing of newborn baby girls” view the record →
Intense scenes · Mild · Reviewer on record
“the miasma of fear which the village wears like a shroud” view the record →
Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“the girl infant must be sacrificed if Kali's adversary... was to be vanquished” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“battling a manifestation of a demonic force that has ghastly designs on Shweta” view the record →
Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“There are some scenes where people are being killed, cut with a sword.” view the record →
Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“Kajol's character is beaten and her body broken in a way that shouldn't be allowed.” view the record →
Intense scenes · Mild · Reviewer on record
“Quite a few people might get scared, especially watching it with family.” view the record →
Violence · Mild · Reviewer on record
“R P Yadav's action is a bit gory and works well.” view the record →
Intense scenes · Mild · Reviewer on record
“He manages to create a very eerie atmosphere and that adds a lot to the impact.” view the record →
Intense scenes · Mild · Reviewer on record
“leans heavily on sudden bursts of background score to trigger jump scares” view the record →
Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“action is a bit gory and works well” view the record →
Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“गाड़ी में एक इंसान के जलने वाला सीन देखा होगा आपने ट्रेलर में” view the record →
Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“go to the dense, dark forest near a haunted tree and sacrifice her before Daitya” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“Maa has more than its share of jump scares, especially in the first half” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“बहुत सी जगह आपको जंप स्केयर भी फील होंगे” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“The girl is taken away and done to death under a massive banyan tree” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“भाई वो बहुत स्केरी था” view the record →
Positive messages · Strong · Reviewer on record
“Smashing patriarchy is a task that films need to keep taking up, and Kajol has the heft to get the job done” view the record →
Positive messages · Strong · Reviewer on record
“women trying to protect their daughters from malevolent beings who represent the very real horror of patriarchy” view the record →
Positive messages · Strong · Reviewer on record
“a celebration of a benign, doting mother's power to be destructive when her child is threatened” view the record →
Role models · Clear · Reviewer on record
“a woman who fights fiercely to prevent her daughter from falling prey to an old curse” view the record →
Language · None · Reviewer on record
“वोरिटी नहीं है ना ही कोई गालियां” view the record →
Violence · Strong · BBFC
“A baby is killed off-screen during a ritualistic sacrifice, resulting in an exaggerated blood spurt.” view the record →
Intense scenes · Strong · BBFC
“People are stalked and frightened by demonic entities and ghoulish figures throughout, resulting in jump scares and intense sequences.” view the record →
Language · Mild · BBFC
“Mild bad language ('shit') is used alongside milder terms including 'God'.” view the record →
Violence · Strong · BBFC
“There are blood spurts and pools of blood seen after rituals and scenes of violence.” view the record →
Violence · Mild · IMDA
“Violence and Horror” view the record →
Intense scenes · Mild · IMDA
“Violence and Horror” view the record →
Where to watch
Availability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.Summary
A mother and daughter encounter a demon in a village where girls have been disappearing.
Parents ask
Answered from the record below — the certificate, the board’s cut list, and what reviewers documented.
Is Maa OK for kids?
Filmi puts Maa at 15+ — suitable for 15 and over. The BBFC certified it 15. 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 Maa suitable for?
15+, based on the BBFC rating of 15. 3 of the five content-warning categories are documented for this film.
What content should parents know about in Maa?
What the record shows: violence — strong; language — mild; sex or nudity — not on record; 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 Maa?
The BBFC certified it 15 with no published cut list. That is not the same as the film being uncut — only that no modification was published.