• Director(s)

    I.V. Sasi

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    16/01/2025

  • Genre(s)

    Action, Crime, Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    153m

  • Cast

    Mammootty, Geetha, Sukumaran

Film

Aavanazhi

violence, injury detail, threat, sexual threat, domestic abuse, drugs, sex

A police inspector seeks redemption while battling self-destructive behaviour in this 1986 Malayalam-language crime thriller, which features occasional bloody images, and themes of addiction and sex work.…

A police inspector seeks redemption while battling self-destructive behaviour in this 1986 Malayalam-language crime thriller, which features occasional bloody images, and themes of addiction and sex work.

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violence

threat and horror

language

sex

drugs

injury detail

suicide and self-harm

sexual violence and sexual threat

  • Director(s)

    I.V. Sasi

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    16/01/2025

  • Genre(s)

    Action, Crime, Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    153m

  • Cast

    Mammootty, Geetha, Sukumaran

violence, injury detail, threat, sexual threat, domestic abuse, drugs, sex
Classified Date:
20/01/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BTS Entertainments Ltd
violence
There are shootings and beating with occasional bloody aftermath. Police beat suspects, while others are sedated and knocked unconscious. Two women are beaten, and one is thrown from a moving vehicle by an armed villain. In another scene, a man cuts a woman's arm. Domestic abuse is depicted, including scenes in which women are slapped by their male partners, sometimes in front of their children.
threat and horror
People are threatened with guns, and a man threatens to pour acid on a woman's face.
language
Mild bad language includes use of 'bloody', 'screw' and milder terms, 'damn' and 'hell.'
sex
There are verbal references to sex work and sex workers. Milder references concern adultery.
drugs
A young man eats chocolate laced with drugs, and it is implied prisoners hide drugs in their cells.
injury detail
Dead bodies are seen in the aftermath of violence.
suicide and self-harm
A woman describes feeling suicidal.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man attempts to kiss and touch a woman despite her clear protests; however, his assault is interrupted. There are also verbal references to sexual violence, and women and girls being forced into prostitution.
theme
A woman with learning disabilities is kept shackled in a room and seen in a state of distress. There are also references to abortion.
alcohol and smoking
Alcohol and tobbaco use occurs.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

  • Classified date

    20/01/2025

  • Language

    Malayalam