Basanta

In an act of discriminatory violence, a police officer grinds a weeping prisoner’s hand onto the floor with his foot, resulting in a bloody bandage. Another scene shows a man striking his adult son and threatening to kill him.

In a scene of mild threat, a person is shaken by a vision or dream involving a ghostly visitation.

Bad language includes ‘prick’, ‘bugger’, ‘bullshit’, ‘saala’ and ‘God’.

Sex references are mild and infrequent.

There are scenes of, and references to, caste discrimination throughout. For example, a man is disowned by his family because of his plans to marry a woman from a lower caste, and a Dalit man is arrested and beaten for supporting an inter-caste relationship. Other scenes contain references to sexist traditions including cultural preferences for boy children, and the practice of suttee. The film clearly condemns discrimination.

Two dead bodies spattered with blood are found in the aftermath of a double suicide. Blood spurts onto a person’s face as a goat is sacrificed off-screen.

A young couple take their own lives, without strong visual detail, after being rejected by their families. Other scenes contain non-graphic verbal suicide references.

One man insults another by telling him he should sell his sisters to brothels.

There are sequences of bereavement and emotional distress. A scene contains undetailed references to abortion.

There are infrequent scenes involving heavy drinking and alcohol dependency.