Vadhandhi:the Fable Of Velonie
Director(s)Andrew Louis
Production year2022
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes45m
CastS J Suryah, Laila, Sanjana
Vadhandhi:the Fable Of Velonie
strong sex references
Classified Date:
05/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
VADHANDIE: THE FABLE OF VELONIE is a Tamil language crime thriller series; in this episode, a film production crew discovers a woman's dead body, but there is confusion over her identity.
sex
A policeman implies that a man may be intending to sexually molest a dead body; the man denies this. Inappropriate sexual references are made about the physical appearance of a dead woman.
additional issues
There is repeated sight of a woman's dead body; her skin is mottled and there are small amounts of blood over her clothes and face. There are brief scenes of drug misuse as a man smokes a marijuana joint. A murder suspect is beaten in the legs by a police officer with a baton. A drunk man threatens to break a door down when his frightened girlfriend refuses to let him in her home. A woman becomes uncomfortable as she notices a number of men staring at her. There are scenes of emotional upset and bereavement when a dead body is identified and at the subsequent funeral. Language includes the terms 'asshole', 'bugger', 'damn' and 'hell'.
moderate violence, injury detail, sex references
Classified Date:
05/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
VADHANDI: THE FABLE OF VELONIE is a Tamil language crime drama; in this episode, the murder investigation gathers pace as suspects are identified and new ones are sought.
violence
A police officer repeatedly slaps a man to get information from him. Another suspect is injured after police beat him off-screen.
sex
There are derogatory sexual references in relation to a dead woman, with characters describing her as 'easy' and 'loose', and discussing the way she dressed.
injury detail
We see a woman's dead body; her skin is mottled and there are small amounts of blood over her clothes and face.
additional issues
There is brief verbal reference to a man who shot himself. A police officer makes undetailed verbal references to a historic serial rapist case. There are scenes of characters grieving. Language includes the terms 'piss', 'crap', 'bastard', 'bloody', 'hell' and 'damn'.
strong injury detail
Classified Date:
05/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
VADAHANDI: THE FABLE OF VELONIE is a Tamil language crime drama thriller series; in this episode, Vivek uncovers clues which point to Vignesh as a prime suspect in Velonie’s murder.
injury detail
There are images of a dead body, with sight of a bloody gash across the throat, as well as blood on clothing and staining the grass beside the victim’s head.
additional issues
There are references to a woman’s murder in the context of a police investigation into her death. There is mild violence and threat. There are brief images of animal butchery. There is mild bad language (‘bastard’, ‘hell’, ‘damn’).
suicide references, moderate violence, bloody images, sex references
Classified Date:
05/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
VADHANDHI: THE FABLE OF VELONIE is a Tamil language crime thriller series; in this episode, Vivek ponders whether the investigation’s hasty conclusion was too abrupt.
violence
Two men grapple, one throwing the other to the ground. A third man attempts to separate them, as one man briefly throttles the other, and lashes out at a woman who tries to intervene.
sex
There is a reference to nude photos a character sends to another, and to a character's romantic affairs.
injury detail
A character stands over the body of a woman with bloody clothes, looking at his hands which are covered in blood.
suicide and self-harm
In a flashback, a man composes a suicide note, and it is believed later that he has taken his own life.
additional issues
There is use of very mild bad language ('hell').
moderate horror
Classified Date:
05/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
VADHANDHI: THE FABLE OF VELONIE is a Tamil language crime thriller series; in this episode, Vivek investigates Velonie's supposed affair.
threat and horror
A woman is repeatedly frightened by an apparition of a deceased character.
additional issues
There is use of mild and very mild bad language ('bastard', 'crap', 'bloody', 'screw', 'hell'). There is brief sight of a bloody wound on a woman's head when a man changes the bandage covering it. Characters are seen smoking cigarettes and consuming alcohol.
sexual violence, sexual threat
Classified Date:
05/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
VADHANDHI: THE FABLE OF VELONIE is an Indian crime drama series concerning the murder of a young woman; in this episode, a police officer discovers that a young woman was raped and murdered.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are scenes in which women are raped. However, there is no nudity detail.
Scenes of sexual threat include those in which a college girl coerced into prostitution is chased by men before she is caught by the hair and raped.
additional issues
Strong violence includes a scene in which a man is shot in slow motion, accompanied by a blood spurt, as well as a shoot-out and fight scene which features heavy repeated blows and gun threat. There is also blood in the aftermath.
Sex scenes include thrusting and brief male buttock nudity.
Men smoke marijuana joints.
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k'), and milder terms (for example, 'whore', shag').
There are also scenes of emotional upset and a funeral scene.
child sex abuse
Classified Date:
05/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
VADHANDHI: THE FABLE OF VELONIE is a Tamil language crime drama thriller series; in this episode, Ki Sebastian publishes his book about Velonie’s life and death in an attempt to rescue her reputation.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man lavishes attention on a young female child, whose mother is a distant presence in the aftermath of her father’s death, in order to groom her to engage in sexual activity with him, of which she has no comprehension. The act of abuse is brief and discreetly shot, before an intervention curtails it. In a subsequent scene, there is an establishment of consensual sex between the same female character, now seventeen years old but below the legal age of consent, and an older man with whom she has become infatuated.
additional issues
There is strong threat in a man’s attack on a young woman, but the motive is not sexual. A young child bears slap marks on her face from being disciplined by her mother, who continues the stern treatment into her daughter’s young adulthood and beats her when she wrongly believes that her daughter has lost her virginity and is sleeping around. There are references to suicide, sexual violence and murder. There are brief bloody images. There is moderate bad language (‘whore’), as well as milder terms such as ‘bloody’, ‘bugger’, ‘balls’ and ‘shit’.
sexual threat
Classified Date:
05/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
VADHANDHI: THE FABLE OF VELONIE is a Tamil language crime drama series; in this episode, the police finally discover the killer's identity.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Sexual threat includes a scene in which a woman is stalked, kidnapped chased, and brutally beaten by a man who also intends to rape her. However, a snake bites him on the leg, thereby stopping him from raping her. A man looms over a frightened young girl as a woman refers in voice-over to having been sexually abused by him.
additional issues
A woman slashes her own throat, accompanied by close-up wound detail and a blood spurt. A young woman says she intended to self-harm and take her own life. In one scene, she holds a razor to her face; however, she does not self-harm or take or her own life. A man is beaten and head-butted. A policeman repeatedly slaps a man. There are also references to violence and accompanying scenes of strong threat. There is strong language ('f**k'), and milder terms (for example, 'whore', 'bastard'). There are also moderate sex references.
Classified date05/12/2022
LanguageEnglish
sex
A policeman implies that a man may be intending to sexually molest a dead body; the man denies this. Inappropriate sexual references are made about the physical appearance of a dead woman.
additional issues
There is repeated sight of a woman's dead body; her skin is mottled and there are small amounts of blood over her clothes and face. There are brief scenes of drug misuse as a man smokes a marijuana joint. A murder suspect is beaten in the legs by a police officer with a baton. A drunk man threatens to break a door down when his frightened girlfriend refuses to let him in her home. A woman becomes uncomfortable as she notices a number of men staring at her. There are scenes of emotional upset and bereavement when a dead body is identified and at the subsequent funeral. Language includes the terms 'asshole', 'bugger', 'damn' and 'hell'.
sexual threat
Classified Date:
05/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
sexual violence and sexual threat
Sexual threat includes a scene in which a woman is stalked, kidnapped chased, and brutally beaten by a man who also intends to rape her. However, a snake bites him on the leg, thereby stopping him from raping her. A man looms over a frightened young girl as a woman refers in voice-over to having been sexually abused by him.
additional issues
A woman slashes her own throat, accompanied by close-up wound detail and a blood spurt. A young woman says she intended to self-harm and take her own life. In one scene, she holds a razor to her face; however, she does not self-harm or take or her own life. A man is beaten and head-butted. A policeman repeatedly slaps a man. There are also references to violence and accompanying scenes of strong threat. There is strong language ('f**k'), and milder terms (for example, 'whore', 'bastard'). There are also moderate sex references.
child sex abuse
Classified Date:
05/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man lavishes attention on a young female child, whose mother is a distant presence in the aftermath of her father’s death, in order to groom her to engage in sexual activity with him, of which she has no comprehension. The act of abuse is brief and discreetly shot, before an intervention curtails it. In a subsequent scene, there is an establishment of consensual sex between the same female character, now seventeen years old but below the legal age of consent, and an older man with whom she has become infatuated.
additional issues
There is strong threat in a man’s attack on a young woman, but the motive is not sexual. A young child bears slap marks on her face from being disciplined by her mother, who continues the stern treatment into her daughter’s young adulthood and beats her when she wrongly believes that her daughter has lost her virginity and is sleeping around. There are references to suicide, sexual violence and murder. There are brief bloody images. There is moderate bad language (‘whore’), as well as milder terms such as ‘bloody’, ‘bugger’, ‘balls’ and ‘shit’.
sexual violence, sexual threat
Classified Date:
05/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are scenes in which women are raped. However, there is no nudity detail.
Scenes of sexual threat include those in which a college girl coerced into prostitution is chased by men before she is caught by the hair and raped.
additional issues
Strong violence includes a scene in which a man is shot in slow motion, accompanied by a blood spurt, as well as a shoot-out and fight scene which features heavy repeated blows and gun threat. There is also blood in the aftermath.
Sex scenes include thrusting and brief male buttock nudity.
Men smoke marijuana joints.
There is infrequent strong language ('f**k'), and milder terms (for example, 'whore', shag').
There are also scenes of emotional upset and a funeral scene.
suicide references, moderate violence, bloody images, sex references
Classified Date:
05/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
violence
Two men grapple, one throwing the other to the ground. A third man attempts to separate them, as one man briefly throttles the other, and lashes out at a woman who tries to intervene.
sex
There is a reference to nude photos a character sends to another, and to a character's romantic affairs.
injury detail
A character stands over the body of a woman with bloody clothes, looking at his hands which are covered in blood.
suicide and self-harm
In a flashback, a man composes a suicide note, and it is believed later that he has taken his own life.
additional issues
There is use of very mild bad language ('hell').
moderate horror
Classified Date:
05/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
threat and horror
A woman is repeatedly frightened by an apparition of a deceased character.
additional issues
There is use of mild and very mild bad language ('bastard', 'crap', 'bloody', 'screw', 'hell'). There is brief sight of a bloody wound on a woman's head when a man changes the bandage covering it. Characters are seen smoking cigarettes and consuming alcohol.
strong injury detail
Classified Date:
05/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
injury detail
There are images of a dead body, with sight of a bloody gash across the throat, as well as blood on clothing and staining the grass beside the victim’s head.
additional issues
There are references to a woman’s murder in the context of a police investigation into her death. There is mild violence and threat. There are brief images of animal butchery. There is mild bad language (‘bastard’, ‘hell’, ‘damn’).
moderate violence, injury detail, sex references
Classified Date:
05/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
violence
A police officer repeatedly slaps a man to get information from him. Another suspect is injured after police beat him off-screen.
sex
There are derogatory sexual references in relation to a dead woman, with characters describing her as 'easy' and 'loose', and discussing the way she dressed.
injury detail
We see a woman's dead body; her skin is mottled and there are small amounts of blood over her clothes and face.
additional issues
There is brief verbal reference to a man who shot himself. A police officer makes undetailed verbal references to a historic serial rapist case. There are scenes of characters grieving. Language includes the terms 'piss', 'crap', 'bastard', 'bloody', 'hell' and 'damn'.
strong sex references
Classified Date:
05/12/2022
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
sex
A policeman implies that a man may be intending to sexually molest a dead body; the man denies this. Inappropriate sexual references are made about the physical appearance of a dead woman.
additional issues
There is repeated sight of a woman's dead body; her skin is mottled and there are small amounts of blood over her clothes and face. There are brief scenes of drug misuse as a man smokes a marijuana joint. A murder suspect is beaten in the legs by a police officer with a baton. A drunk man threatens to break a door down when his frightened girlfriend refuses to let him in her home. A woman becomes uncomfortable as she notices a number of men staring at her. There are scenes of emotional upset and bereavement when a dead body is identified and at the subsequent funeral. Language includes the terms 'asshole', 'bugger', 'damn' and 'hell'.
Director(s)Andrew Louis
Production year2022
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes45m
CastS J Suryah, Laila, Sanjana
Classified date05/12/2022
LanguageEnglish
