The Bengal Files

Scenes include shootings, stabbings, slashings, beatings, explosions and use of improvised weapons. A man's body is violently torn in half. A child is shot in the back during a massacre. There is a decapitation, with a brief sight of blood spurts and of a severed head in the aftermath. People are set on fire during a riot.

There are scenes of strong threat, particularly during sequences involving riots and gang attacks. Children, including an infant, are shown in threatening situations.

Terms include 'chod,' 'bloody', 'saala', 'God' and 'hell.'

A passing, figurative reference is made to sex.

There are scenes of discrimination throughout, including the incitement of violence on the basis of religion. However, discriminatory behaviour and attitudes are not endorsed by the film as a whole.

A man tears a woman’s shirt in front of a crowd of people in an act of sexual humiliation. A woman is manhandled on a bed by a group of men, however, this lacks detail and is briefly portrayed. Verbal references are made to rape and sexual assault, as well as to genital mutilation.

An isolated verbal reference is made to suicide.

There is sight of blood in the aftermath of violence, including the corpses of both adult and child victims.

There is brief natural child nudity.

There are upsetting scenes centred around death and bereavement.

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