• Director(s)

    Bharat Nalluri

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Cast

    Charlie Hunnam, Fayssal Bazzi, Sujaya Dasgupta

TV Show

Shantaram

SHANTARAM is a drama series; in this episode, Lin finds himself alone in the slums of Bombay.…

SHANTARAM is a drama series; in this episode, Lin finds himself alone in the slums of Bombay.

  • Director(s)

    Bharat Nalluri

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Cast

    Charlie Hunnam, Fayssal Bazzi, Sujaya Dasgupta

strong language, drug misuse, sex references, violence
Classified Date:
10/10/2022
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Everyman Cinema
violence
Scenes of violence include one in which a prisoner is tied up with his wrists suspended above his head and brutally beaten by police, leaving blood on his face and chest. In another scene a man is attacked by a group of men in the street and repeatedly punched and kicked.
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’, ‘motherf**ker’, ‘maderc**d’, ‘bhenc**d’). Milder terms include ‘cock’, ‘prick’, ‘bloody’, ‘shit’ and ‘arse’.
sex
There are occasional crude sex references, including a comic sequence in which a sex worker describes catching a man in the act of ejaculating on her shoes.
drugs
A scene of drug misuse features brief sight of heroin being prepared and injected, and another scene shows a man collapsed on the ground after overdosing on heroin. There are also occasional moderate verbal references to drug misuse and dealing, which are not condoned.
additional issues
There are scenes of moderate threat, including a scene in which prisoners jeer in a threatening manner at a fellow inmate, and sustained suspense during a prison escape sequence.
Classified Date:
10/06/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
drug misuse, strong language, violence, sexual coercion
Classified Date:
24/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
One man stabs another repeatedly, in close-up bloody detail. A man is set on fire during a fight.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), as well as other terms such as 'prick' and 'cock'.
drugs
People inject heroin and smoke joints.
sexual violence and sexual threat
It is implied that a heroin addict is coerced into sex work.
additional issues
There is moderate threat. Sex and sex references are also moderate.
strong language, drug misuse, brief violence
Classified Date:
24/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
One man shoots another, with resulting bloody detail. A child attempts to stab a man, but is prevented from doing so.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'), as well as other terms such as 'bitch' and 'piss'.
drugs
People smoke an unspecified drug from a pipe. Adult characters smoke joints. There are references to the heroin trade.
additional issues
There is moderate threat.
strong language, drug references
Classified Date:
24/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is struck in the face and then beaten on the ground by a gang of attackers who hit him with sticks. There is hand to hand fighting with shoves, punches and stomps and a man pins another to the ground and begins to strangle him before being pulled away.
language
There is strong language ('sister-f**ker', 'f**k') and milder terms which include 'shit', 'balls', 'bloody' and 'God'.
drugs
There are references to heroin misuse and addiction, with sight of needles, spoons and other drugs paraphernalia.
additional issues
There are moderate verbal sex references, including brief talk of prostitution, the sound of sexual moaning and mention of a couple 'going at it hammer and tongs'. There is sight of a man's bloodied and bruised face following a beating. We see a group of people living in a leper colony, with scarring and injury detail caused by the condition. A woman is visibly intimidated by a man commenting on her being attractive, covering her body from his sight.
strong language, drug misuse
Classified Date:
24/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
Occasional strong language occurs ('f**k'), as well as moderate bad language ('whore' 'prick') and milder terms such as 'shit' 'bloody' and 'piss’.
drugs
Scenes of drug misuse include characters smoking joints. Verbal references to drug dealing occur.
additional issues
A character explains they discovered their father's body in the aftermath of suicide. Moderate sex references are made to sex workers. There is also moderate threat.
Classified Date:
10/06/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Classified Date:
10/06/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
strong language, brief violence
Classified Date:
10/06/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A man arrested by police is restrained to a chair and heavy blows are delivered to his body with a stick, which leaves him with cuts and welts. Another man has facial injuries from an off-screen beating.
language
There is strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker', 'bhainc**d'), as well as milder terms such as 'whore', 'chootiya', 'bastard', 'shit', 'bloody', 'piss', 'arse', 'asshole' and 'balls'.
additional issues
A man arrested on charges of homosexuality is referred to as "homo", but the work as a whole does not endorse discrimination. There is moderate threat, sex references, and references to drugs and drug dealing. There is a passing reference to people jailed for sex offences.
strong language, sex references
Classified Date:
10/06/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
Strong language occurs ('f**k', ‘motherf**ker'), as well as moderate bad language ('whore', 'bitch', 'pussy') and milder terms such as 'piss', 'bastard', 'bullshit' 'shit', 'God' and 'damn'.
sex
There are regular references to sex work and 'f**king'.
additional issues
Undetailed references to sexual violence occur. A woman attempts to escape a brothel where she is being held captive. There is a fight sequence involving crunchy, yet undetailed, blows and use of improvised weapons. A man treats a character with a bloody head injury in the aftermath of violence. Visual and verbal references to drug dealing occur. In one scene, a woman refers to overcoming her drug addiction. There is a scene of brief drug misuse in which a character smokes a cannabis joint.
strong language, drug misuse, injury detail
Classified Date:
10/06/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is strong language ('f**k') and milder terms which include 'prick', 'shit', 'piss', 'bastard', 'balls', 'Jesus' and 'Christ'.
drugs
Characters roll and smoke marijuana joints.
injury detail
A man bleeds heavily after being shot in the stomach.
additional issues
There is a gun battle in which a man is shot. A man pushes another over and threatens him. A woman is grabbed and pushed against a wall by a man who behaves in an intimidating way toward her. A group of men threaten to throw another from a window in order to extract information. A man mentions domestic abuse he experienced as a child and talks about his depression in an undetailed way. There are brief, undetailed verbal sex references.
strong violence, injury detail, language
Classified Date:
10/06/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There are stabbings with improvised prison weapons and a man stabs another in the neck with a small pair of scissors. Hand to hand fighting inlcudes punches, shoves, knees and kicks to heads. A man's wrist is repeatedly struck with a piece of wood.
language
There is strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms which include 'whore', 'bitch', 'shit', 'piss', 'bastard', 'bloody', 'arsehole' and 'hell'.
injury detail
There is sight of blood on the faces and bodies of characters in the aftermath of violence, including heavy bleeding following a stab wound to a man's neck. A dead body is seen lying in blood.
additional issues
There are scenes of knife and gun threat. Characters make brief verbal references to sexual intercourse and to prostitution.
strong violence, injury detail, threat, language
Classified Date:
10/06/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There are shootings. Suspects are beaten by policemen, with one being hit in the head with a gun. There is a brawl in which men strike each other with metal pipes and spades, but these blows are largely hidden from view. A man is struck repeatedly by two men with unspecified weapons; we do not see blows but the attackers are sprayed with blood.
threat and horror
A policeman threatens to remove the eyes of a suspect using a broken bottle, pushing the bottle toward his face. A man threatens to smash a woman's face to get her boyfriend to reveal information. There is gun and knife threat.
language
There is strong language ('motherf**ker', 'f**k') as well as milder terms which include 'prick', 'whore', 'shit', 'ass' and 'screw'.
injury detail
A man is shot in the stomach and left bleeding heavily over his stomach and clothing. A man performs an improvised surgical procedure on another with a head injury; there is close up sight of incisions being made and blood spilling from wounds. There is sight of blood spatter in the aftermath of violence.
additional issues
A man smokes what appears to be a marijuana joint. There are undetailed verbal references to a sex scandal.
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  • Classified date

    24/05/2023

  • Distributor

    Apple

  • Language

    English