KAAPPAAN | Australian Classification

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Mature Accompanied (MA 15+)

Strong themes and violence

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Kaappaan is an Indian thriller film in which a mining magnate enlists a terrorist organisation to carry out attacks against the government and farming communities of rural India. The film is in Tamil with English subtitles.

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Sex Very mild impact

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Kaappaan is an Indian thriller film in which a mining magnate enlists a terrorist organisation to carry out attacks against the government and farming communities of rural India. The film is in Tamil with English subtitles.

Themes

The film's themes, which are linked to the film's violence, relate to acts of terrorism and include a brief depiction of a decapitation where the dark and grainy footage is being viewed at a distance on a CCTV monitor, depictions of an improvised explosive device (IED) exploding and injury detail in a surgical context. A man is depicted implicitly catching on fire in a field, no injury detail is depicted and the man survives.

Violence

The film contains violence in the form of gunshots and shoot-outs, with small bursts of blood visible. The film also includes martial arts style hand-to-hand combat. At one point, a man is depicted hanging upside down while another man implicitly beats him.

Sex

The film has a visual depiction of a man rolling off a woman in bed. No sex is depicted or verbally referenced.

Language

The film contains use of the words "shit" and "damn".

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Industry details

Classification date

24 September 2019

Year of production

2019

Classification

MA 15+

Consumer advice

Strong themes and violence

Category

Films

Category detail

Film - Public Exhibition

Media type

DCP

Version

ORIGINAL

Duration

164 minutes

Director/Creator

NOT SHOWN

Producer

NOT SHOWN

Production company

LYCA PRODUCTIONS

Country of origin

INDIA

Language

TAMIL

Applicant

MKS RETAIL GROUP PTY LTD

File number

T19/3169

Classification number

286068

Alternative titles

BANDOBAST

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