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Is Maa OK for kids?
Filmi puts it at 15+, and the BBFC certified it 15. 5 of 7 categories documented.
←Ratings51Content flags
We haven’t watched the film. Every flag comes from a documentary source — the board’s record, the BBFC’s notes, or a reviewer’s on-record warning. A blank means nobody documented it — not that it’s clean.
Violence & gore
Language
Sex & nudity
Not documented
Substances
Not documented
Frightening / intense
Positive messages
Strong
Role models
Clear
Read from 19 reviews.
The record, item by item
Every piece of evidence behind the flags, quoted, with its source.
Language · documented absent · Reviewer on record
“no vulgarity and no cursing” view the record →
Frightening / intense · moderate · Reviewer on record
“the scene of a man burning in a car... it was very scary” view the record →
Frightening / intense · mild · Reviewer on record
“you'll feel jump scares in many places” view the record →
Violence & gore · mild · Reviewer on record
“he meets a grisly end before that comes to pass” view the record →
Frightening / intense · mild · Reviewer on record
“Maa has more than its share of jump scares, especially in the first half” view the record →
Violence & gore · moderate · Reviewer on record
“they sacrifice her before Daitya, named Aamsaja, comes in search of her” view the record →
Violence & gore · moderate · Reviewer on record
“it turns out to be a daitya, who kills Shuvankar” view the record →
Violence & gore · moderate · Reviewer on record
“the killing of newborn baby girls” view the record →
Frightening / intense · mild · Reviewer on record
“the miasma of fear which the village wears like a shroud” view the record →
Violence & gore · moderate · Reviewer on record
“the girl infant must be sacrificed if Kali's adversary... was to be vanquished” view the record →
Frightening / intense · moderate · Reviewer on record
“battling a manifestation of a demonic force that has ghastly designs on Shweta” view the record →
Violence & gore · strong · Reviewer on record
“You've never seen Kajol beaten this much; her body is broken in a way that shouldn't be allowed.” view the record →
Frightening / intense · moderate · Reviewer on record
“Many people can get scared, and the chances increase if you watch this film together with family.” view the record →
Violence & gore · moderate · Reviewer on record
“action is a bit gory and works well” view the record →
Violence & gore · moderate · Reviewer on record
“गाड़ी में एक इंसान के जलने वाला सीन देखा होगा आपने ट्रेलर में”
Violence & gore · moderate · Reviewer on record
“go to the dense, dark forest near a haunted tree and sacrifice her before Daitya” view the record →
Frightening / intense · moderate · Reviewer on record
“Maa has more than its share of jump scares, especially in the first half” view the record →
Frightening / intense · moderate · Reviewer on record
“बहुत सी जगह आपको जंप स्केयर भी फील होंगे”
Frightening / intense · moderate · Reviewer on record
“The girl is taken away and done to death under a massive banyan tree” view the record →
Frightening / intense · moderate · Reviewer on record
“भाई वो बहुत स्केरी था”
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 · documented absent · Reviewer on record
“वोरिटी नहीं है ना ही कोई गालियां”
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?
Documented so far: violence — strong, language — none documented, 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 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.
Seen it with your kids?
What age would you say?
You have watched it, they have not. What is the youngest age you would sit next to? The board puts it at 15+; your pick joins a parents’ number that sits beside it and never replaces it.
15+and up
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Violence & gore
Language
Sex & nudity
Substances
Frightening / intense
Positive messages
Role models
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Minimum age
15+
BBFC: 15
Source: BBFC
Certificate · BBFC
15minimum age 15
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Parent note
A mother travels to her husband's ancestral village to save her daughter from a demon tied to a family curse. Expect jump scares, one burning-car scene, and a strong theme of a mother's fierce protection.
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