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Is Padakkalam OK for kids?

2025 · Malayalam · 2h 03m · ←Ratings62
Age guidance
7 and up
CBFC U · BBFC 12A · our read 7+ · read from 4 reviews and the board’s recordOur read is under the BBFC’s because the record shows mild violence and mild frightening scenes and nothing stronger. The sources are below.
7+
Parents should know
Mild violence: a violent act is shown briefly before cutting to a dark screen. A college comedy about body-swapping and black magic between a professor and students; fantasy/horror elements are present. Also mild scary or upsetting scenes.
Parents should know

7 and up

  • Mild violence
  • Mild intense scenes

From 4 reviews Filmi read; the age follows the content record.

1 · CertificateCBFC U · All
2 · Filmi’s read2 of 7 categories documentedNot documented does not mean absent
LanguageNot documented
Sex & nudityNot documented
Drinking, smoking, drugsNot documented
Positive messagesNot documented
Role modelsNot documented
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Filmi Score
Good
4 reviews · provisional · Details →
62
Summary

Four nerdy comic book enthusiasts find themselves in an unexpected adventure when their school's charming new professor turns their academic world upside down with supernatural events.

Filmi puts it at 7+ from the content record, and the CBFC certified it U.

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62
Certificates
CBFC · IndiaU
BBFC · UK12A
Minimum age Source: the content record
Certificate · BBFC
12Aminimum age 12
source link pending
Certificate · CBFC
Uminimum age 0
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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
“If you're going to the theatre with kids, I felt the violent sequences were few.” view the record →
Violence · Mild · Reviewer on record
“വളരെ വയലന്റ് ആയിട്ടുള്ള ഒരു ആക്ടിനെ അവർ കാണിക്കുന്നതും പെട്ടെന്ന് ഒരു ഡാർക്ക് സ്ക്രീൻ ഇട്ട്” view the record →
Intense scenes · Mild · Reviewer on record
“dark fantasy horror elements” view the record →

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Summary

Four nerdy comic book enthusiasts find themselves in an unexpected adventure when their school's charming new professor turns their academic world upside down with supernatural events.

Parents ask

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

Filmi puts Padakkalam at 7+ from the content record — suitable for 7 and over. The CBFC certified it U. 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 Padakkalam suitable for?

7+, from the content record (the CBFC rated it U). 2 of the five content-warning categories are documented for this film.

What content should parents know about in Padakkalam?

What the record shows: violence — mild; language — not on record; sex or nudity — not on record; drink or drugs — not on record; frightening scenes — mild. 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 Padakkalam?

The CBFC certified it U 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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