• Director(s)

    Somaratne Dissanayake

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    01/10/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    112m

  • Cast

    Akhila Dhanuddhara, Abhilashi Santhushki, Dusheni De Silva

Film

Sinhabahu

sexual threat, moderate sex references, brief bloody images

Set in Ancient India, this earnest Sinhalese-language drama tells the story of the legendary King Sinhabahu as he grows up to defy his father. Elements of this traditional folk tale may make for awkward family viewing.…

Set in Ancient India, this earnest Sinhalese-language drama tells the story of the legendary King Sinhabahu as he grows up to defy his father. Elements of this traditional folk tale may make for awkward family viewing.

Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

threat and horror

sex

injury detail

nudity

sexual violence and sexual threat

language

discrimination

  • Director(s)

    Somaratne Dissanayake

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Release date

    01/10/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    112m

  • Cast

    Akhila Dhanuddhara, Abhilashi Santhushki, Dusheni De Silva

sexual threat, moderate sex references, brief bloody images
Classified Date:
20/09/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
360 Productions Group UK Ltd
violence
People are shot with arrows, without visible blood, during short battle sequences.
threat and horror
There are occasional scenes of mild threat.
sex
A young man falls in love with his stepsister, who is referred to by others as his ‘sister’. Suggestive references occur after the couple spend a night alone together, to the shock and dismay of others. Another scene contains verbal references to ‘copulation’.
injury detail
A dying man extracts an arrow from his own chest, creating a spurt of blood.
nudity
There are brief scenes of natural nudity.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A king finds a 16-year-old princess bathing and orders her to step out of the water, dismissing her protests that she doesn’t want him to see her naked. The king then holds her captive, makes amorous advances towards her, and subsequently takes her as his new wife. Though initially resistant, the princess quickly falls in love with him.

  • Classified date

    20/09/2024