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Is Penguin OK for kids?
Filmi puts it at 12+, and the CBFC certified it U/A. 4 of 7 categories documented.
←Ratings43Content 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
Not documented
Sex & nudity
Not documented
Substances
Not documented
Frightening / intense
Positive messages
Strong
Role models
Clear
Read from 12 reviews.
The record, item by item
Every piece of evidence behind the flags, quoted, with its source.
Violence & gore · moderate · Reviewer on record
“a long sequence in an abattoir-like room, bathed in blood-red light, leaking dead human parts and sharp weapons” view the record →
Violence & gore · moderate · Reviewer on record
“We see the masked man (?) slicing the body of his prey, the child.” view the record →
Frightening / intense · mild · Reviewer on record
“promises a delicious flavour of a South Korean horror and a taut investigative thriller” view the record →
Violence & gore · moderate · Reviewer on record
“cheap (cheat) thrills in the form of dream sequences and gratuitous violence that only makes us squirm” view the record →
Frightening / intense · mild · Reviewer on record
“some scenes are creepy enough to genuinely give us the chills” view the record →
Frightening / intense · mild · Reviewer on record
“Penguin injects elements of mild horror into a story about a very pregnant woman and her missing son” view the record →
Violence & gore · mild · Reviewer on record
“You thought Charlie Chaplin's prop was a walking stick. Now, it's an axe!” view the record →
Violence & gore · moderate · Reviewer on record
“his victim, a kid of no more than three years of age, is an easy prey” view the record →
Frightening / intense · mild · Reviewer on record
“As though, the act of killing itself isn't chilling enough” view the record →
Violence & gore · strong · Reviewer on record
“a long sequence in an abattoir-like room, bathed in blood-red light, leaking dead human parts” view the record →
Violence & gore · strong · Reviewer on record
“gratuitous violence that only makes us squirm”
Violence & gore · strong · Reviewer on record
“his victim, a kid of no more than three years of age, is an easy prey” view the record →
Frightening / intense · moderate · Reviewer on record
“With this frightful stretch, director Eashvar Karthic sets the mood” view the record →
Frightening / intense · moderate · Reviewer on record
“filled with dread and unease, hinting at strange things and dastardly truths ahead” view the record →
Positive messages · strong · Reviewer on record
“penguin mother's grit and tenacity in retrieving her son from the sea” view the record →
Positive messages · strong · Reviewer on record
“the effort to prop up motherhood in the end with awkward lines like Amma oru attitude” view the record →
Role models · clear · Reviewer on record
“penguin mother's grit and tenacity in retrieving her son from the sea” view the record →
Parents ask
Answered from the record below — the certificate, the board’s cut list, and what reviewers documented.
Is Penguin OK for kids?
Filmi puts Penguin at 12+ — suitable for 12 and over. The CBFC certified it U/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 Penguin suitable for?
12+, based on the CBFC rating of U/A. 2 of the five content-warning categories are documented for this film.
What content should parents know about in Penguin?
Documented so far: violence — strong, 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 Penguin?
The CBFC certified it U/A 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 12+; your pick joins a parents’ number that sits beside it and never replaces it.
12+and up
0 / 280
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Violence & gore
Language
Sex & nudity
Substances
Frightening / intense
Positive messages
Role models
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Minimum age
12+
CBFC: U/A
Source: CBFC
Certificate · CBFC
U/Aminimum age 12
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Parent note
A Tamil thriller about a mother searching for her kidnapped son; includes a graphic opening killing of a child and other bloody, disturbing scenes. Themes of motherhood and perseverance run through it, though critics call the writing uneven.
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