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Parental Guidance(Parental Guidance) Coarse Language, Mature Subject Matter, Not Recommended For Young Children

Synopsis

Bengali/Urdu-language Historical Drama. In early 1950s East Bengal, a cruel Pakistani police officer (Yashpal Sharma) forces the locals to speak Urdu and not their mother language, Bangla.

Content elements

  • Frequent use of vulgar expressions; infrequent use of scatological slang
  • Infrequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence, some in a domestic context – some blood, little detail; infrequent references to sexual assault – no detail
  • Frequent portrayals of tobacco and alcohol use in historical and recreational contexts
  • Infrequent portrayals of crude bodily functions – little detail

Thematic elements

  • Activism and injustice
  • Community and culture
  • The power of language

Classification rationale

Rated PG for coarse language, violence, and mature subject matter all in a historical context

Classification date

March 05, 2019

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