Love Storiyaan
Director(s)Hardik Mehta
Production year2024
Genre(s)Documentary, Romance
Approx. running minutes36m
Love Storiyaan
Classified Date:
19/02/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
domestic abuse references
Classified Date:
08/02/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
LOVE STORIYAAN is an Indian documentary series dealing with real-life romances; in this episode, a divorced mother of two discusses falling in love with a single man and experiencing disapproval from her young daughters.
violence
A woman describes the controlling and coercive behaviour she experienced at the hands of her husband and in-laws, who increasingly isolated her. In a recreation of her situation, her father in law is seen being aggressive and throws something at her when she tells him she has a job.
additional issues
There are mild, verbal sex references and some very mild rude humour. A woman describes feeling judged for being divorced.
discrimination, upsetting scenes
Classified Date:
08/02/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
LOVE STORIYAAN is an Indian documentary series; in this episode, a pair of radio station jockeys recall how they first met and the challenges they faced during their relationship.
discrimination
There are verbal references to inter-caste and inter-faith discrimination, including those which discuss a woman’s parents initially not approving her marriage. However, discrimination is challenged and not condoned by the work as a whole.
theme
A couple become emotional during a discussion around a man’s past alcohol addiction.
additional issues
Very mild bad language ('God') occurs.
mild violence, discrimination, upsetting scenes
Classified Date:
07/02/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
LOVE STORIYAAN is an Indian documentary series dealing with real-life romances; in this episode, an inter-faith couple travel back to the town where they were born.
violence
Archival footage shows people fleeing from planes which bomb buildings. However, there is limited detail.
discrimination
There are verbal references to inter-faith discrimination, and which also include a reference to a man's mother slapping his face. It is reported that a family is reconciled many years after discriminatory behaviour broke it apart. Discrimination is challenged and, accordingly, is not condoned by the work as a whole.
theme
Scenes of emotional upset include those in which a woman cries whilst recalling the deaths of her young children.
additional issues
A person briefly smokes a cigarette.
moderate sex references, domestic abuse
Classified Date:
08/02/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
LOVE STORIYAAN is an Indian documentary series dealing with real-life romances; in this episode, a man describes how he fell in love with a social justice activist despite his mother's disapproval.
violence
In a verbal reference to domestic abuse, a woman describes hearing her brother beat his wife and recalls how he locked the door so she was not able to get in to help her.
sex
A woman describes how women are 'slut-shamed' by society if they marry outside of their caste.
additional issues
References are made to discrimination due to caste, as well as to sexism and patriarchal societies. Discrimination is clearly disapproved of throughout. A man describes being arrested for a crime punishable by death and how his wife and child had to escape the authorities during the night.
moderate references to real threat and violence
Classified Date:
08/02/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
LOVE STORIYAAN is an Indian documentary series dealing with real-life romances; in this episode, a couple describe their experiences of falling in love and being forced to live under Taliban rule.
violence
There is brief real footage of the terror attacks that took place in Nairobi, Kenya in 1998 and in New York on September 11th, 2001.
threat and horror
Scenes contain real footage of Afghanistan under Taliban rule with sounds of gunfire, tanks driving over belongings and sight of armed soldiers patrolling the towns. People describe their experiences of living under the regime such as the loss of human rights and civil liberties, especially for women.
additional issues
There are very mild sex references.
references to discrimination and self-harm
Classified Date:
08/02/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
LOVE STORIYAAN is an Indian documentary series; in this episode, a transwoman and a transman relate the story of their past and finding love with each other.
discrimination
A transwoman and a transman describe the ignorance and discrimination they faced in their gender dysphoric childhoods, and how it was overcome with a determination to identify and to live with themselves as the individuals they wanted to be.
suicide and self-harm
A transman talks about the anxieties of his body dysphoria growing up as a girl which led to self-harming behaviour, and in a dramatised sequence he is seen as a teenager deliberately crashing his bicycle into a tree and sustaining a bloody cut on his leg.
additional issues
There are infrequent mild sex references.
Classified date07/02/2024
LanguageHindi
violence
Archival footage shows people fleeing from planes which bomb buildings. However, there is limited detail.
discrimination
There are verbal references to inter-faith discrimination, and which also include a reference to a man's mother slapping his face. It is reported that a family is reconciled many years after discriminatory behaviour broke it apart. Discrimination is challenged and, accordingly, is not condoned by the work as a whole.
theme
Scenes of emotional upset include those in which a woman cries whilst recalling the deaths of her young children.
additional issues
A person briefly smokes a cigarette.
references to discrimination and self-harm
Classified Date:
08/02/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
discrimination
A transwoman and a transman describe the ignorance and discrimination they faced in their gender dysphoric childhoods, and how it was overcome with a determination to identify and to live with themselves as the individuals they wanted to be.
suicide and self-harm
A transman talks about the anxieties of his body dysphoria growing up as a girl which led to self-harming behaviour, and in a dramatised sequence he is seen as a teenager deliberately crashing his bicycle into a tree and sustaining a bloody cut on his leg.
additional issues
There are infrequent mild sex references.
moderate sex references, domestic abuse
Classified Date:
08/02/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
In a verbal reference to domestic abuse, a woman describes hearing her brother beat his wife and recalls how he locked the door so she was not able to get in to help her.
sex
A woman describes how women are 'slut-shamed' by society if they marry outside of their caste.
additional issues
References are made to discrimination due to caste, as well as to sexism and patriarchal societies. Discrimination is clearly disapproved of throughout. A man describes being arrested for a crime punishable by death and how his wife and child had to escape the authorities during the night.
moderate references to real threat and violence
Classified Date:
08/02/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There is brief real footage of the terror attacks that took place in Nairobi, Kenya in 1998 and in New York on September 11th, 2001.
threat and horror
Scenes contain real footage of Afghanistan under Taliban rule with sounds of gunfire, tanks driving over belongings and sight of armed soldiers patrolling the towns. People describe their experiences of living under the regime such as the loss of human rights and civil liberties, especially for women.
additional issues
There are very mild sex references.
domestic abuse references
Classified Date:
08/02/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A woman describes the controlling and coercive behaviour she experienced at the hands of her husband and in-laws, who increasingly isolated her. In a recreation of her situation, her father in law is seen being aggressive and throws something at her when she tells him she has a job.
additional issues
There are mild, verbal sex references and some very mild rude humour. A woman describes feeling judged for being divorced.
discrimination, upsetting scenes
Classified Date:
08/02/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
discrimination
There are verbal references to inter-caste and inter-faith discrimination, including those which discuss a woman’s parents initially not approving her marriage. However, discrimination is challenged and not condoned by the work as a whole.
theme
A couple become emotional during a discussion around a man’s past alcohol addiction.
additional issues
Very mild bad language ('God') occurs.
mild violence, discrimination, upsetting scenes
Classified Date:
07/02/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
Archival footage shows people fleeing from planes which bomb buildings. However, there is limited detail.
discrimination
There are verbal references to inter-faith discrimination, and which also include a reference to a man's mother slapping his face. It is reported that a family is reconciled many years after discriminatory behaviour broke it apart. Discrimination is challenged and, accordingly, is not condoned by the work as a whole.
theme
Scenes of emotional upset include those in which a woman cries whilst recalling the deaths of her young children.
additional issues
A person briefly smokes a cigarette.
Director(s)Hardik Mehta
Production year2024
Genre(s)Documentary, Romance
Approx. running minutes36m
Classified Date:
19/02/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Classified date07/02/2024
LanguageHindi
