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Name: Main Vaapas Aaunga
Genre: Romance, Drama, Mystery
Released: 2026-06-12
Duration: 2 h 47 min

2026 · Hindi · 2h 47m · ←Ratings72

Age guidance

16 and up

CBFC U/A 16+ · BBFC 15 · our read 16+ · read from 21 reviews and the board’s record

16+

Parents should know

Strong violence: marauders rape and kill women, including a pregnant woman, and people are beheaded. A Partition-era love story framed through a dying grandfather's memories. Also strong scary or upsetting scenes and strong sexual content.

Parents should know

16 and up

Strong violence
Strong sex & nudity
Strong intense scenes

From 21 reviews Filmi read; the age is the CBFC U/A 16+ certificate’s.

1 · CertificateCBFC U/A 16+

2 · Filmi’s read5 of 7 categories documentedNot documented does not mean absent

LanguageNot documented

Drinking, smoking, drugsNot documented

3 · Parents’ votes1 parent, median pick 15+

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Filmi Score

Very good

20 reviews · Details →

Summary

Haunted by a childhood romance and recollections of love lost during the 1947 Partition of India, 95-year-old Ishar Singh Grewal shares his story with his grandson Nirvair, the past unfolding through memories of migration, longing, and a romance that endures across generations.

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

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Filmi Score

Very good

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Certificates

CBFC · IndiaU/A 16+

BBFC · UK15

Minimum age Source: CBFC

Certificate · BBFC

15minimum age 15

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Certificate · CBFC

U/A 16+minimum age 16

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The record, item by item

Every piece of evidence behind the flags, quoted, with its source.

Violence · Mild · Reviewer on record

“Uzair Baloch's terrifying scenes” view the record →

Sex & nudity · None · Reviewer on record

“You can watch with family; 'adult' here only needs to be in the heart, nowhere else.” view the record →

Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record

“The film is mature, so don't watch it with children.” view the record →

Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record

“To what extent atrocities were committed on women... there's a scene that broke my heart.” view the record →

Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record

“Women are the ones who face the most cruelty.” view the record →

Violence · Strong · Reviewer on record

“This is also Imtiaz Ali's most violent film. What he leaves to the imagination is even more numbing.” view the record →

Sex & nudity · Moderate · Reviewer on record

“What must have happened to the women -- I can't even imagine.” view the record →

Violence · Strong · Reviewer on record

“the Muslim marauders who raped and pillaged, the Sikhs who retaliated, the blood-lust leading to beheadings” view the record →

Intense scenes · Strong · Reviewer on record

“Dolly Ahluwalia engaged in hara-kiri deserves a place... beside... women jumping to their deaths in a well” view the record →

Violence · Mild · Reviewer on record

“Imtiaz Ali steers clear of gory depictions of violence” view the record →

Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record

“The partition violence sequence is chilling and something never seen before in any film in this space.” view the record →

Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record

“The train sequence is cramped and frightening” view the record →

Violence · Strong · Reviewer on record

“a moment of intense brutality before the climax; the scene goes on until its tragic and bloody point is fully made” view the record →

Violence · Strong · Reviewer on record

“showcases some of the most violent and disturbing brutality that was endured” view the record →

Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record

“the horrors we endured was not human, it was of savages, of aliens from Mars” view the record →

Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record

“when he does, the impact is brutal and deeply unsettling” view the record →

Violence · Strong · Reviewer on record

“it's the Muslims who violate the Sikh women – a disturbing scene” view the record →

Violence · Mild · Reviewer on record

“the film shows Sikhs killing Muslims” view the record →

Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record

“images of genocides and displacements taking place all over the world right now flood your screen” view the record →

Violence · Strong · Reviewer on record

“a pregnant woman coming under a knife along with many other women being killed” view the record →

Violence · Moderate · Reviewer on record

“The film shows Muslim mobs turning violent after witnessing trains filled with murdered Muslims.” view the record →

Intense scenes · Mild · Reviewer on record

“Partition dramas are rarely easy to watch. They are meant to hurt.” view the record →

Violence · Strong · Reviewer on record

“the blood-lust leading to beheadings” view the record →

Violence · Strong · Reviewer on record

“a moment of intense brutality before the climax” view the record →

Violence · Mild · Reviewer on record

“action is not too gory and yet communicates the horrors of partition” view the record →

Sex & nudity · Strong · Reviewer on record

“the Muslim marauders who raped and pillaged” view the record →

Intense scenes · Strong · Reviewer on record

“women wearing a vial of poison around their necks” view the record →

Intense scenes · Strong · Reviewer on record

“everyone was complicit, and everyone's hands were equally bloody” view the record →

Positive messages · Strong · Reviewer on record

“advocating for humanity over division” view the record →

Positive messages · Strong · Reviewer on record

“an inter-faith love that knows no borders” view the record →

Positive messages · Strong · Reviewer on record

“it's an ode to humanity” view the record →

Role models · Clear · Reviewer on record

“his stubborn, undiminished love for someone the world has long moved on from” view the record →

Role models · Clear · Reviewer on record

“he is among the few in the family who care deeply for Ishar” view the record →

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Summary

Parents ask

Answered from the record below — the certificate, the board’s cut list, and what reviewers documented.

Is Main Vaapas Aaunga OK for kids?

Filmi puts Main Vaapas Aaunga 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 Main Vaapas Aaunga suitable for?

16+, based on the CBFC rating of U/A 16+. 3 of the five content-warning categories are documented for this film.

What content should parents know about in Main Vaapas Aaunga?

What the record shows: violence — strong; language — not on record; sex or nudity — strong; 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 Main Vaapas Aaunga?

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.

What do parents say about Main Vaapas Aaunga?

1 parent has weighed in on Main Vaapas Aaunga so far, with a median pick of 15+ against the board's 16+. Parents' picks sit beside the board's number and never replace it — read their notes on this page.