CBFC A · BBFC 15 · our read 18+ · read from 9 reviews and the board’s record
18+
Parents should know
Strong violence: a man's head is thrust into boiling oil; people are shot, beaten and stabbed. A gangster rise-and-fall drama set in 1980s Allahabad, heavy on shootouts, gore and brutal violence. Also strong scary or upsetting scenes, moderate bad language, mild sexual content and mild substance use.
Parents should know
18 and up
Strong violence
Strong intense scenes
Moderate language
From 9 reviews Filmi read; the age is the CBFC A certificate’s.
1 · CertificateCBFC A · 18+
2 · Filmi’s read5 of 7 categories documentedNot documented does not mean absent
Positive messagesNot documented
Role modelsNot documented
3 · Parents’ votesNone counted yet. Yours is the slider below.
Set in the rural, rusty and politically charged Allahabad of the 1980s, Maalik is a peek into the making of a dreaded gangster from a humble background with intoxication of power to rule the world.
Filmi puts it at 18+, and the CBFC certified it A.
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“a man is made to spit and lick it off the ground with Rao's Maalik grinning” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“his father is brutally attacked while protecting his employer's fields” view the record →
Violence · Strong · BBFC
“People are shot, beaten, and stabbed in scenes accompanied by blood spurts and blood in the aftermath.” view the record →
Language · Moderate · BBFC
“Moderate bad language ('chootiya') occurs, as well as milder terms ('shit', 'bullshit', 'piss', 'ass', 'saala', 'God', 'damn', 'hell').” view the record →
Violence · Strong · BBFC
“Scenes include those which feature heavily bloodstained bodies.” 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.
Set in the rural, rusty and politically charged Allahabad of the 1980s, Maalik is a peek into the making of a dreaded gangster from a humble background with intoxication of power to rule the world.
Parents ask
Answered from the record below — the certificate, the board’s cut list, and what reviewers documented.
Is Maalik OK for kids?
Filmi puts Maalik at 18+ — suitable for 18 and over. The CBFC certified it A. 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 Maalik suitable for?
18+, based on the CBFC rating of A. 5 of the five content-warning categories are documented for this film.
What content should parents know about in Maalik?
What the record shows: violence — strong; language — moderate; sex or nudity — mild; drink or drugs — mild; 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 Maalik?
The CBFC certified it A with no published cut list. That is not the same as the film being uncut — only that no modification was published.
