Adhura
Director(s)Gauravv K Chawla, Ananya Banerjee
Production year2023
Genre(s)Drama, Horror
Approx. running minutes58m
CastRasika Dugal, Ishwak Singh, Shrenik Arora
Adhura
Classified Date:
29/06/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
strong horror
Classified Date:
03/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
ADHURA is a Hindi language horror series; in this episode, Adhiraj contemplates returning to his former high school for a reunion after 15 years.
threat and horror
There are scenes of strong horror in which young characters are haunted by a ghostly presence inside a school. In one instance of supernatural threat, a weather vane is propelled fantastically off a roof at a group of people. There are jump scares, an ominous score and infrequent disturbing images, including in one instance the sight of a dead and bloodied animal.
additional issues
There is infrequent use of strong language (‘f**k’) as well as use of milder terms such as ‘bloody’ and 'shit'. Young boys bully a schoolmate, trapping him inside a locker. A woman jokingly warns her partner not to cheat on her when he moves to another country. A man takes prescription medication.
strong language, threat, discrimination
Classified Date:
03/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
ADHURA is a Hindi language supernatural horror series; in this episode, the Nilgiri School Class of 2007’s reunion is marked by strange and disturbing events.
threat and horror
Strong supernatural threat includes jump scares and scenes in which a young boy behaves in a disturbing manner. An unseen force holds one man underwater where he loses consciousness, and envelops another man in a bedsheet causing him to struggle for breath.
language
There is strong language (‘f**k’).
discrimination
A group of bullies at a school wrap a teenage boy in a bedsheet and beat on him. The boy is taunted about his sexuality and pieces of paper spelling out ‘homo’ are thrown in front of him. The work as a whole does not endorse the homophobic behaviour.
additional issues
There is also moderate violence, brief bloody images and references to bullying in a school.
strong language, horror, violence, suicide references, homophobia
Classified Date:
04/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
ADHURA is a Hindi language supernatural horror thriller series; in this episode, Adhiraj looks into the school records to find out what happened to Ninad.
violence
A child uses telekinesis to force his classmate to stab his own hand with a pair of compasses, creating a spurt of blood.
threat and horror
There are scenes of strong supernatural horror and suspense. For example, a woman hears ghostly footsteps approaching her, whereupon her scarf is yanked tight around her neck by an invisible force, strangling her for several seconds and nearly pulling her over the edge of a staircase. In another scene a man encounters a sinister child who speaks in a demonic voice.
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘shit’ and ‘goddamn’.
discrimination
A teenage boy tries to kiss his male friend, who reacts by repeatedly shoving him away, berating him and calling him ‘homo’. Other students join in with derision and discriminatory name-calling. An act of suicide is attributed to homophobic bullying, ostensibly confirmed when a note containing the term ‘homo’ is found on the body.
suicide and self-harm
A person is supernaturally compelled to take their own life in front of a crowd of horrified adults and children.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There is a mild upsetting scene in which parents speak about the unexplained disappearance of their child.
strong supernatural threat, horror, gory images, language
Classified Date:
03/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
ADHURA is a Hindi language supernatural horror series; in this episode, forced to remain at the school after Suyash’s apparent suicide, those attending the reunion continue to experience strange and disturbing happenings.
threat and horror
A dark and unsettling tone connected to the demonic possession of a young boy runs through the episode. There is strong supernatural threat as people are controlled by demonic forces into harming themselves by choking and suffocation, although not with fatal consequences. There is also moderate threat as children are hurried out of a room in which a fire breaks out mysteriously. There are also strong horror images of a demonic spirit with a grotesquely broken neck, as well as brief images of apparent suicides by hanging.
language
There is strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms (‘shit’).
injury detail
Two puppies are killed off-screen, with blood splattering a young boy’s face and sight of the gory remains of the dead animals. Blood is also seen on the carcass of a deer struck by a car, and running in a pool from under a door.
strong supernatural threat, horror, violence, language, homophobia
Classified Date:
05/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
ADHURA is a Hindi language supernatural horror series; in this episode, Adi learns the terrible truth of what happened to Ninad on the last day of school in 2007.
violence
A man is subjected to a brutal homophobic attack by a gang of bullies in which he is punched, kicked and stamped on, and his head is slammed into the glass pane of a cabinet, leaving him with bloody injuries.
threat and horror
A dark and unsettling tone connected to the demonic possession of a young boy runs through the episode. There is strong supernatural threat as people are made to feel pain by a demonic force, which also causes a building to collapse and kill a man, There are also strong horror moments, such as the grotesquely contorted body of a man on the floor who foams at the mouth before he dies, and a woman imagining that she sees the body of her dead baby lying in a bath filled with water.
language
There is strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘asshole’ and ‘hell’.
discrimination
A young man is subjected to homophobic abuse and physical violence, which the work as a whole clearly disapproves of.
additional issues
There are references to a man’s suicide,
strong threat, violence, language, homophobia, distressing scenes
Classified Date:
06/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
ADHURA is a Hindi language supernatural horror series; in this episode, a shocking discovery is made in the aftermath of Rajat’s death.
violence
A man is subjected to homophobic violence in which his head is punched into a glass pane, leaving him lying in a pool of blood. There is also strong bloody detail in the aftermath of violence perpetrated off-screen by a demonic force.
threat and horror
A dark and unsettling tone connected to the demonic possession of a young boy runs through the episode. There is strong supernatural threat as people are manipulated by a demonic force causing their bodies to contort and their bones to crack, and to imagine they are being buried alive.
language
There is strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘asshole’, ‘shit’, ‘God’ and ‘damn’.
discrimination
A young man is subjected to homophobic abuse and physical violence, which the work as a whole clearly disapproves of.
theme
A flashback, as a woman recalls the death of her infant son, shows her in an episode of postpartum depression accidentally leaving her child in a baby bath full of water where he drowns. The death is not shown in detail but the scene is distressing, as is the implication that her husband took his own life in the aftermath of the tragedy.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There are references to a man’s suicide.
strong bloody injury detail, threat, horror, language, discrimination
Classified Date:
30/06/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
ADHURA is a Hindi language supernatural drama series; in this episode, a school is threatened by a former student who returns from the dead.
threat and horror
Scenes of strong threat and horror include those in which people are stalked, pursued and demonically possessed. Their are also jump scares in scenes in which a decomposing entity returns from the dead.
language
The episode contains strong language ('f**k', 'behenchod'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'shit', 'crap', 'God', 'hell').
discrimination
There is homophobic bullying and beating of a teenage boy, as well as homophobic language ('homo'). However, discrimination is not condoned by the work as a whole.
injury detail
People are thrown around by a supernatural force and their bodies are contorted in to unnatural shapes, causing their bones to break. In one of these scenes, blood briefly spurts from a victim's mouth. There is also an emphasis on blood in the aftermath, as well as sight of people people dribbling blood.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
Two men fight in a scene featuring crunchy blows, and a woman accidentally pushes a man to his death.
Classified date30/06/2023
LanguageHindi
threat and horror
Scenes of strong threat and horror include those in which people are stalked, pursued and demonically possessed. Their are also jump scares in scenes in which a decomposing entity returns from the dead.
language
The episode contains strong language ('f**k', 'behenchod'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'shit', 'crap', 'God', 'hell').
discrimination
There is homophobic bullying and beating of a teenage boy, as well as homophobic language ('homo'). However, discrimination is not condoned by the work as a whole.
injury detail
People are thrown around by a supernatural force and their bodies are contorted in to unnatural shapes, causing their bones to break. In one of these scenes, blood briefly spurts from a victim's mouth. There is also an emphasis on blood in the aftermath, as well as sight of people people dribbling blood.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
Two men fight in a scene featuring crunchy blows, and a woman accidentally pushes a man to his death.
strong threat, violence, language, homophobia, distressing scenes
Classified Date:
06/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is subjected to homophobic violence in which his head is punched into a glass pane, leaving him lying in a pool of blood. There is also strong bloody detail in the aftermath of violence perpetrated off-screen by a demonic force.
threat and horror
A dark and unsettling tone connected to the demonic possession of a young boy runs through the episode. There is strong supernatural threat as people are manipulated by a demonic force causing their bodies to contort and their bones to crack, and to imagine they are being buried alive.
language
There is strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘asshole’, ‘shit’, ‘God’ and ‘damn’.
discrimination
A young man is subjected to homophobic abuse and physical violence, which the work as a whole clearly disapproves of.
theme
A flashback, as a woman recalls the death of her infant son, shows her in an episode of postpartum depression accidentally leaving her child in a baby bath full of water where he drowns. The death is not shown in detail but the scene is distressing, as is the implication that her husband took his own life in the aftermath of the tragedy.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There are references to a man’s suicide.
strong supernatural threat, horror, violence, language, homophobia
Classified Date:
05/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is subjected to a brutal homophobic attack by a gang of bullies in which he is punched, kicked and stamped on, and his head is slammed into the glass pane of a cabinet, leaving him with bloody injuries.
threat and horror
A dark and unsettling tone connected to the demonic possession of a young boy runs through the episode. There is strong supernatural threat as people are made to feel pain by a demonic force, which also causes a building to collapse and kill a man, There are also strong horror moments, such as the grotesquely contorted body of a man on the floor who foams at the mouth before he dies, and a woman imagining that she sees the body of her dead baby lying in a bath filled with water.
language
There is strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms such as ‘asshole’ and ‘hell’.
discrimination
A young man is subjected to homophobic abuse and physical violence, which the work as a whole clearly disapproves of.
additional issues
There are references to a man’s suicide,
strong language, horror, violence, suicide references, homophobia
Classified Date:
04/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A child uses telekinesis to force his classmate to stab his own hand with a pair of compasses, creating a spurt of blood.
threat and horror
There are scenes of strong supernatural horror and suspense. For example, a woman hears ghostly footsteps approaching her, whereupon her scarf is yanked tight around her neck by an invisible force, strangling her for several seconds and nearly pulling her over the edge of a staircase. In another scene a man encounters a sinister child who speaks in a demonic voice.
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘shit’ and ‘goddamn’.
discrimination
A teenage boy tries to kiss his male friend, who reacts by repeatedly shoving him away, berating him and calling him ‘homo’. Other students join in with derision and discriminatory name-calling. An act of suicide is attributed to homophobic bullying, ostensibly confirmed when a note containing the term ‘homo’ is found on the body.
suicide and self-harm
A person is supernaturally compelled to take their own life in front of a crowd of horrified adults and children.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There is a mild upsetting scene in which parents speak about the unexplained disappearance of their child.
strong horror
Classified Date:
03/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
There are scenes of strong horror in which young characters are haunted by a ghostly presence inside a school. In one instance of supernatural threat, a weather vane is propelled fantastically off a roof at a group of people. There are jump scares, an ominous score and infrequent disturbing images, including in one instance the sight of a dead and bloodied animal.
additional issues
There is infrequent use of strong language (‘f**k’) as well as use of milder terms such as ‘bloody’ and 'shit'. Young boys bully a schoolmate, trapping him inside a locker. A woman jokingly warns her partner not to cheat on her when he moves to another country. A man takes prescription medication.
strong language, threat, discrimination
Classified Date:
03/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
Strong supernatural threat includes jump scares and scenes in which a young boy behaves in a disturbing manner. An unseen force holds one man underwater where he loses consciousness, and envelops another man in a bedsheet causing him to struggle for breath.
language
There is strong language (‘f**k’).
discrimination
A group of bullies at a school wrap a teenage boy in a bedsheet and beat on him. The boy is taunted about his sexuality and pieces of paper spelling out ‘homo’ are thrown in front of him. The work as a whole does not endorse the homophobic behaviour.
additional issues
There is also moderate violence, brief bloody images and references to bullying in a school.
strong supernatural threat, horror, gory images, language
Classified Date:
03/07/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
A dark and unsettling tone connected to the demonic possession of a young boy runs through the episode. There is strong supernatural threat as people are controlled by demonic forces into harming themselves by choking and suffocation, although not with fatal consequences. There is also moderate threat as children are hurried out of a room in which a fire breaks out mysteriously. There are also strong horror images of a demonic spirit with a grotesquely broken neck, as well as brief images of apparent suicides by hanging.
language
There is strong language (‘f**k’), as well as milder terms (‘shit’).
injury detail
Two puppies are killed off-screen, with blood splattering a young boy’s face and sight of the gory remains of the dead animals. Blood is also seen on the carcass of a deer struck by a car, and running in a pool from under a door.
strong bloody injury detail, threat, horror, language, discrimination
Classified Date:
30/06/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
Scenes of strong threat and horror include those in which people are stalked, pursued and demonically possessed. Their are also jump scares in scenes in which a decomposing entity returns from the dead.
language
The episode contains strong language ('f**k', 'behenchod'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'shit', 'crap', 'God', 'hell').
discrimination
There is homophobic bullying and beating of a teenage boy, as well as homophobic language ('homo'). However, discrimination is not condoned by the work as a whole.
injury detail
People are thrown around by a supernatural force and their bodies are contorted in to unnatural shapes, causing their bones to break. In one of these scenes, blood briefly spurts from a victim's mouth. There is also an emphasis on blood in the aftermath, as well as sight of people people dribbling blood.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
Two men fight in a scene featuring crunchy blows, and a woman accidentally pushes a man to his death.
Director(s)Gauravv K Chawla, Ananya Banerjee
Production year2023
Genre(s)Drama, Horror
Approx. running minutes58m
CastRasika Dugal, Ishwak Singh, Shrenik Arora
Classified Date:
29/06/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified date30/06/2023
LanguageHindi
