Sholay

moderate violence, injury detail, threat, suicide references, harassment
Director(s)RAMESH SIPPY
Production year1975
Release date12/12/2025
Genre(s)Action, Adventure, Drama
Approx. running minutes206m
CastSanjeev Kumar, Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan

Sholay

moderate violence, injury detail, threat, suicide references, harassment
A former police officer recruits a pair of ex-convicts to help him bring down a dangerous bandit in this Hindi-language ...
A former police officer recruits a pair of ex-convicts to help him bring down a dangerous bandit in this Hindi-language action adventure drama from 1975.
violence
threat and horror
language
sex
injury detail
suicide and self-harm
sexual violence and sexual threat
theme
moderate violence, injury detail, threat, suicide references, harassment
Classified Date:
11/12/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Bakrania Media Limited
Cuts:
Compulsory cuts were required to remove cruel and dangerous horse falls. Cuts required in accordance with the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937, BBFC Guidelines and policy.
violence
Violence includes shootings, fist fights and an impalement, resulting in occasional bloody detail. One person stomps on another’s arm and hand during a fight. Bandits attack a village using guns and flaming projectiles, resulting in a person being set on fire. It is implied that a man’s arms are severed and that a child is fatally shot off-screen.
threat and horror
Moderate scenes include a prolonged sequence in which a villain threatens three of his men with a partially-loaded gun in a form of 'Russian roulette'.
language
Bad language includes ‘bastard’, ‘bloody’, ‘saala’, ‘haramzada’, ‘hussy’, ‘damn’, ‘hell’ and ‘God’.
sex
Infrequent mild sex references include suggestive dance moves by a scantily-dressed woman during a musical sequence.
injury detail
There is occasional sight of dead bodies and bloody injuries in the aftermath of violence.
suicide and self-harm
Over the course of a prolonged comic scene, a drunk man threatens to take his own life due to romantic rejection.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A villain sexually harasses a woman, making comments about her physical appearance before forcing her to dance for him and his men. Comic scenes show a man attempting to embrace an unwilling woman; the woman initially responds by shoving him away and scolding him but later agrees to marry him.
theme
There are scenes of bereavement and emotional distress.
alcohol and smoking
The film features scenes involving alcohol consumption, and infrequent references to smoking ‘beedis’.
Classified Date:
27/06/1995
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Eros International
Cuts:
This content received cuts or alterations as part of the classification process.
Classified Date:
29/11/1990
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Anand International Ltd
Cuts:
This content received cuts or alterations as part of the classification process.
Classified Date:
16/12/1988
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Orson Video
Cuts:
This content received cuts or alterations as part of the classification process.
Classified date11/12/2025
LanguageHindi
violence
threat and horror
language
sex
injury detail
suicide and self-harm
sexual violence and sexual threat
theme
Director(s)RAMESH SIPPY
Production year1975
Release date12/12/2025
Genre(s)Action, Adventure, Drama
Approx. running minutes206m
CastSanjeev Kumar, Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan
moderate violence, injury detail, threat, suicide references, harassment
Classified Date:
11/12/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Bakrania Media Limited
Cuts:
Compulsory cuts were required to remove cruel and dangerous horse falls. Cuts required in accordance with the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937, BBFC Guidelines and policy.
violence
Violence includes shootings, fist fights and an impalement, resulting in occasional bloody detail. One person stomps on another’s arm and hand during a fight. Bandits attack a village using guns and flaming projectiles, resulting in a person being set on fire. It is implied that a man’s arms are severed and that a child is fatally shot off-screen.
threat and horror
Moderate scenes include a prolonged sequence in which a villain threatens three of his men with a partially-loaded gun in a form of 'Russian roulette'.
language
Bad language includes ‘bastard’, ‘bloody’, ‘saala’, ‘haramzada’, ‘hussy’, ‘damn’, ‘hell’ and ‘God’.
sex
Infrequent mild sex references include suggestive dance moves by a scantily-dressed woman during a musical sequence.
injury detail
There is occasional sight of dead bodies and bloody injuries in the aftermath of violence.
suicide and self-harm
Over the course of a prolonged comic scene, a drunk man threatens to take his own life due to romantic rejection.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A villain sexually harasses a woman, making comments about her physical appearance before forcing her to dance for him and his men. Comic scenes show a man attempting to embrace an unwilling woman; the woman initially responds by shoving him away and scolding him but later agrees to marry him.
theme
There are scenes of bereavement and emotional distress.
alcohol and smoking
The film features scenes involving alcohol consumption, and infrequent references to smoking ‘beedis’.
Classified Date:
27/06/1995
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Eros International
Cuts:
This content received cuts or alterations as part of the classification process.
Classified Date:
29/11/1990
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Anand International Ltd
Cuts:
This content received cuts or alterations as part of the classification process.
Classified Date:
16/12/1988
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Orson Video
Cuts:
This content received cuts or alterations as part of the classification process.
Classified date11/12/2025
LanguageHindi