Malaikottai Vaaliban

Strong violence features large-scale combat in which people are shot, slashed, stabbed and struck with heavy blows. Whilst much of the fighting action is highly stylised, it is accompanied by extensive bloodshed and aftermath detail. There are verbal references to murder.

There are scenes of moderate threat with guns and bladed weapons.

There is mild bad language (‘bastard’), as well as very mild terms (‘damn’).

Mild sex references include scenes in which a couple talk in what is implied to be post-coitus. There are comments about “loose women” and an adulterous relationship.

A scene of stylised sexual threat plays out in a stage performance as a man from the audience intrudes on a female dancer, claiming her as his own, manhandling her and producing a knife. An intervention removes the assailant, and the watching crowd assume this is part of the show.

There are strong images of blood on bodies and clothing in the aftermath of violent events. A person is decapitated off-screen, with sight of the head flying into view accompanied by sprays of blood. A man has burn injuries on one side of his face after an off-screen encounter with an explosive weapon. The heads of two slaughtered cows are seen decorating a stage.

This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.