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Is Vaazhai OK for kids?

2024 · Tamil · 2h 14m · ←Ratings83
Age guidance
10 and up
CBFC U · BBFC 12A · IMDA PG · our read 10+ · read from 4 reviews and the board’s recordOur read is under the BBFC’s because the record shows moderate frightening scenes and nothing stronger. The sources are below.
10+
Parents should know
Moderate scary or upsetting scenes: a mother offers her earrings to a contractor to replace her son's lost cow. A rural Tamil drama about a boy who dreads farm labour during school holidays; reviews describe one emotional scene of family hardship and themes of caste exploitation.
Parents should know

10 and up

  • Moderate intense scenes

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

1 · CertificateCBFC U · All
2 · Filmi’s read3 of 7 categories documentedNot documented does not mean absent
ViolenceNot documented
LanguageNot documented
Sex & nudityNot documented
Drinking, smoking, drugsNot documented
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Filmi Score
Exceptional
4 reviews · provisional · Details →
83
Summary

A twelve-year-old bright schoolboy, Sivanandhan, his mother, sister, and with his friend Sekhar works during his school holidays carrying banana stalks, a task he dreads. As he navigates life's challenges, poverty, friendship, and the challenges of growing up, Sivanandhan’s determination is tested by the harsh realities of life.

Filmi puts it at 10+ from the content record, and the CBFC certified it U.

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Filmi Score
Exceptional
83
Certificates
CBFC · IndiaU
BBFC · UK12A
IMDAPG
The IMDA’s record

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Minimum age Source: the content record
Certificate · BBFC
12Aminimum age 12
source link pending
Certificate · CBFC
Uminimum age 0
source link pending
Certificate · IMDA
PG19 Aug 2024 · certified runtime 2h 14m

The record, item by item

Every piece of evidence behind the flags, quoted, with its source.
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“his mother offers her earrings to the contractor in exchange for the cow her son lost, is particularly heart wrenching” view the record →
Intense scenes · Moderate · Reviewer on record
“themes of caste, capitalism, exploitation and oppression are woven into the story very powerfully” view the record →
Intense scenes · Mild · Reviewer on record
“heart-wrenching realities hit us like a ton of bricks” view the record →
Positive messages · Clear · From the synopsis Synopsis · not a review
“Sivanandhan's determination is tested by the harsh realities of life”
Positive messages · Clear · Reviewer on record
“becomes the voice of the village against the scheming trader who gives them a meagre wage” view the record →
Role models · Clear · Reviewer on record
“becomes the voice of the village against the scheming trader who gives them a meagre wage” view the record →
Role models · Some · Reviewer on record
“finds a sympathiser who forgives him his lies rather than punish him” view the record →
Intense scenes · Mild · IMDA
“Some Disturbing Scenes” view the record →

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Summary

A twelve-year-old bright schoolboy, Sivanandhan, his mother, sister, and with his friend Sekhar works during his school holidays carrying banana stalks, a task he dreads. As he navigates life's challenges, poverty, friendship, and the challenges of growing up, Sivanandhan’s determination is tested by the harsh realities of life.

Parents ask

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

Filmi puts Vaazhai at 10+ from the content record — suitable for 10 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 Vaazhai suitable for?

10+, from the content record (the CBFC rated it U). 1 of the five content-warning categories are documented for this film.

What content should parents know about in Vaazhai?

What the record shows: violence — not on record; language — not on record; sex or nudity — not on record; drink or drugs — not on record; 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 Vaazhai?

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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