• Director(s)

    Suresh Krishna

  • Production Year

    2001

  • Release date

    09/12/2023

  • Genre(s)

    Action, Crime, Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    122m

  • Cast

    Kamal Haasan, Raveena Tandon, Manisha Koirala

Film

Aalavanthan

strong violence, injury detail, drug misuse, domestic abuse

A police officer's disturbed brother breaks out of a mental hospital and embarks on a murderous rampage in this intense Tamil language action thriller. It contains brutal violence, scenes of domestic abuse and drug misuse.…

A police officer's disturbed brother breaks out of a mental hospital and embarks on a murderous rampage in this intense Tamil language action thriller. It contains brutal violence, scenes of domestic abuse and drug misuse.

Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

threat and horror

language

sex

discrimination

drugs

suicide and self-harm

injury detail

  • Director(s)

    Suresh Krishna

  • Production Year

    2001

  • Release date

    09/12/2023

  • Genre(s)

    Action, Crime, Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    122m

  • Cast

    Kamal Haasan, Raveena Tandon, Manisha Koirala

strong violence, injury detail, drug misuse, domestic abuse
Classified Date:
07/12/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
TGS ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED
violence
Scenes of violence include shootings, stabbings, repeated blows and use of improvised weapons, including a nail-gun. Injuries result in bloodshed. Scenes of domestic abuse include those in which a boy is beaten with a belt by his father and stepmother.
threat and horror
Hostages are threatened by armed terrorists. There are scenes of knife threat. A man hangs over the edge of a tall building whilst another man grasps the person's arm to prevent him from falling. There is a prolonged car chase in which a man repeatedly rams another vehicle.
language
There is mild and very mild bad language ('shit', 'bloody', 'God', 'hell').
sex
There are verbal references to sex workers.
discrimination
A news report describes a man as "mentally retarded"; however, discrimination is not condoned by the work as a whole.
drugs
Scenes of drug misuse include those in which a person's arm is tied off prior to heroin injection, ecstasy pills are consumed and a person sniffs an unknown drug. Drug misuse results in initially excitable behaviour, before leading to hallucinations and murderous violence. Accordingly, drug misuse is not condoned by the work as a whole.
suicide and self-harm
There are references to a person taking their own life.
injury detail
Scenes of injury detail include sight of a headless corpse, as well as scenes featuring dead and injured people with bloody wounds. People dribble blood during fight scenes,
nudity
There is brief sight of a naked man with his buttocks exposed as he lies on the floor. The scene lacks any sexual context.
theme
There are several references to mental health, and to a person's mental illness. Schoolchildren briefly bully a boy after the child's stepmother has shaved his head. A man reports that he is undergoing chemotherapy treatment for throat cancer.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
Contains frequent strong violence and some drug use
Classified Date:
12/11/2001
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Ayngaran International
Classified Date:
09/01/2002
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Ayngaran International

  • Classified date

    07/12/2023

  • Language

    Tamil