• Director(s)

    Ahmed

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Release date

    30/09/2023

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    152m

  • Cast

    Nayanthara, Jayam Ravi, Rahul Bose

Film

Iraivan

strong violence, disturbing scenes, injury detail, threat, suicide

After a succession of horrifying murders of women, an ex-cop searches for a sadistic serial killer in this dark Tamil language thriller, which contains scenes of disturbing violence and graphic injury detail. …

After a succession of horrifying murders of women, an ex-cop searches for a sadistic serial killer in this dark Tamil language thriller, which contains scenes of disturbing violence and graphic injury detail.

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Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

threat and horror

language

sex

sexual violence and sexual threat

suicide

injury detail

theme

  • Director(s)

    Ahmed

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Release date

    30/09/2023

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    152m

  • Cast

    Nayanthara, Jayam Ravi, Rahul Bose

One or more of the releases in this collection was cut.

strong violence, disturbing scenes, injury detail, threat, suicide
Classified Date:
27/09/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
TGS ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED
Cuts:
The distributor chose to make cuts to violence and injury detail in order to achieve their preferred category of 15. Cuts were made in accordance with BBFC Guidelines and policy. An uncut 18 classification was available.
violence
There are scenes of strong, bloody violence including shootings, beatings, throat slittings and stabbings with blood spurts and bloody aftermath detail. A terrified woman is repeatedly hit by a car resulting in bloody injuries.
threat and horror
A psychologically disturbed serial killer abducts, ties up and takes immense pleasure in menacingly tormenting women and torturing them. A terrified child is kidnapped by the killer and held captive at knife point.
language
Infrequent use of strong language ('f**k') occurs alongside milder terms such as 'bitch', 'bastard', piss', 'God' and 'damn'.
sex
There is a verbal reference to a woman being a 'nymphomaniac' who would gladly be involved with a serial killer. There are also brief images of posters of women posing sexually outside a movie theatre; but there is no strong detail.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Women are abducted and threatened with violence, including a scen ewhich shows a woman tied up as a man removes his shirt.
suicide
In the aftermath of a suicide attempt, a man is seen with bloody wounds on his wrists.
injury detail
The murdered corpses of naked women are seen mutilated with horrific and brutal injuries such as knife slashings, limbs sawn off and eyes removed. In the aftermath of violence, characters have bruises and bloody wounds on their bodies.
theme
References are made to the mental health of a sadistic killer and characters express profound grief after the violent deaths of their loved ones.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

  • Classified date

    27/09/2023

  • Language

    Tamil