Asthram
strong violence, bloody images, suicide references
Director(s) Aravind Rajagopal
Production year2025
Release date28/02/2025
Genre(s)Crime, Thriller
Approx. running minutes111m
CastShaam, Nizhalgal Ravi, Jeeva Ravi
Asthram
strong violence, bloody images, suicide references
A police detective receives a call from an old friend who has suspicions about a series of recent deaths in this Tamil-l ...
A police detective receives a call from an old friend who has suspicions about a series of recent deaths in this Tamil-language crime thriller.
violence
threat and horror
language
suicide and self-harm
injury detail
theme
sex
discrimination
strong violence, bloody images, suicide references
Classified Date:
04/03/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BTS Entertainments Ltd
violence
A person is shot and another’s throat is cut. A child strikes their sibling on the head with a heavy object, resulting in strong bloody detail. Animated flashbacks to feudal Japan show men being compelled to kill themselves with swords, creating slow-motion blood spurts. In another scene we hear prolonged screaming as a person is burned to death off-screen. Moderate fight scenes feature stylised crunchy blows and breaking of bones.
threat and horror
An ominous tone runs throughout the film, punctuated by moderate sequences of aggressive behaviour and threat involving knives and guns.
language
There is infrequent use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘pissed’, ‘bloody’, ‘bastard’, ‘shit’, ‘screwed’, ‘damn’, ‘Jesus’ and ‘God’.
suicide and self-harm
Scenes show people dying by what appears to be suicide, often in front of distressed loved ones; however, it is later revealed that the victims were made to do so against their will. Verbal references to suicide run throughout.
injury detail
There is strong bloody detail in the context of violence and apparent suicide. References to the 1978 Jonestown massacre are accompanied by grainy photographs of seemingly real dead bodies strewn on the ground, without visible injury detail.
theme
There are scenes of emotional distress and bereavement. Potentially upsetting references to infant death, fertility struggles and complications during pregnancy include a flashback depicting a man weeping over a grave containing a small figure wrapped in cloth, implied to be his stillborn baby.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
Classified date04/03/2025
LanguageTamil
violence
threat and horror
language
suicide and self-harm
injury detail
theme
sex
discrimination
Director(s) Aravind Rajagopal
Production year2025
Release date28/02/2025
Genre(s)Crime, Thriller
Approx. running minutes111m
CastShaam, Nizhalgal Ravi, Jeeva Ravi
strong violence, bloody images, suicide references
Classified Date:
04/03/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
BTS Entertainments Ltd
violence
A person is shot and another’s throat is cut. A child strikes their sibling on the head with a heavy object, resulting in strong bloody detail. Animated flashbacks to feudal Japan show men being compelled to kill themselves with swords, creating slow-motion blood spurts. In another scene we hear prolonged screaming as a person is burned to death off-screen. Moderate fight scenes feature stylised crunchy blows and breaking of bones.
threat and horror
An ominous tone runs throughout the film, punctuated by moderate sequences of aggressive behaviour and threat involving knives and guns.
language
There is infrequent use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘pissed’, ‘bloody’, ‘bastard’, ‘shit’, ‘screwed’, ‘damn’, ‘Jesus’ and ‘God’.
suicide and self-harm
Scenes show people dying by what appears to be suicide, often in front of distressed loved ones; however, it is later revealed that the victims were made to do so against their will. Verbal references to suicide run throughout.
injury detail
There is strong bloody detail in the context of violence and apparent suicide. References to the 1978 Jonestown massacre are accompanied by grainy photographs of seemingly real dead bodies strewn on the ground, without visible injury detail.
theme
There are scenes of emotional distress and bereavement. Potentially upsetting references to infant death, fertility struggles and complications during pregnancy include a flashback depicting a man weeping over a grave containing a small figure wrapped in cloth, implied to be his stillborn baby.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
Classified date04/03/2025
LanguageTamil