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(2001)

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for violence
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Sex & Nudity

  • A man is being stripped nude. No nudity.
  • Ashoka is seen bathing topless.
  • Men are shown topless whilst wearing some clothing.
  • Three topless men are seen covering themselves with mud. There is a straw material that covers their genetalia.
  • A woman is watching three men covering themselves.
  • A woman is shown wearing red material.
  • A woman is seen wearing a revealing sheet.
  • A woman is shown wearing a red sheet as a bra, and a long skirt. The cleavage and belly are shown, just like how sarees are designed.
  • A man shares a story to a little boy about a prince falling in love. He refers to "watching her bathe". The boy replied "I bathe in the open".
  • During a song-and-dance sequence, a woman is showing wearing a see-through long pink skirt that reveal her bare legs in a few shots.
  • During a song-and-dance sequence, there are many topless men who dance with a woman showing off suggestive moves.
  • After a couple is married, a man makes moves all over a woman such as shaking her about whilst she enjoys it. They stop.
  • During a song-and-dance sequence, a man and a woman hold each other as they touch each other in most suggestive areas.
  • Throughout the film, there are battle sequences in which men are seeing being slashed with swords. Little blood is included for each sequence.

Violence & Gore

  • As a young man plays with a sword, he accidentally throws it at a birds' nest that kills the birds off-screen.
  • Men are being dragged into the water and are seen getting slashed. Some blood is seen in the water. Not graphic, but sound effects are heard.
  • A bunch of burning tree logs are showing being rolled over the hill that kills men as they get burnt to death. They are heard screaming.
  • A man blocks a dagger that nearly touches his opened eye. A shot is shown in close-up.
  • A man uses his two silver whips to attack. Men are seen being slashed without graphic details. One shot a man having his throat slit, but it doesn't look graphic with blood just being seen on the neck and not a cut.
  • As a man is being stripped nude, he is killed with a knife. The scene ends straight away as the knife nearly touches his neck.
  • Asoka headlocks a man and threatens to drown him and takes his sword away. The man is seen being shot with an arrow.
  • A woman slaps her adult son.
  • A man shouts at a man to get off the throne. They both touch each other to fight, but nothing happens. One of them pulls a dagger.
  • During a song-and-dance sequence, a woman is shown wearing red material that reveal her cleavage and her belly. She suggestively dances throughout.
  • A woman threatens a man with a small tree twig, but takes it off her.
  • A man pulls off a long sheet from a woman. The three men threaten her, but don't kill her.
  • A man gets hit in the head by a long thin three log by another man and falls on water. He is saved.
  • A man comically hits a man with a pot and breaks. Meant for laughs.
  • A song-and-dance sequence ends with a man punching a man who hits on a woman.
  • A man tells a man to wear a blindfold to punch him. Meant for laughs.
  • A group of men holding swords touch a little child.
  • A man swordfight with bandits. They get killed on-screen, but no blood is seen either shown or splattering.
  • A warrior defends a little boy and a woman against bandits. One of them is shown being slashed, but no blood is seen. Little blood is shown falling on leaves. One is slashed on the belly, and the other runs away.
  • A woman comically hits a man with a heavy object. A man hits him. The woman insult him. Meant for laughs.
  • A man gets stabbed and is seen being rolled down the hill.
  • Warriors raid a village with swords and lit torches. A woman kills one, but is not shown.
  • A man aims at a birds' nest, but a woman stands in the way. He doesn't shoot her, but shoots the tree. She dodges.
  • Ashoka punches a man a few times. Little blood is seen on his hands.
  • A shot shows a bunch of bodies being hanged.
  • The overall violence is surprisingly violent for a Bollywood film. But it is somewhat graphic, but nothing too real.

Profanity

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Tree logs are being rolled over a hill and kill men being burnt.
  • A young boy has a nightmare about him and his family getting killed. Blood is seen on the parent's faces. He wakes up straight away.
  • A bandit places a sword near a little boy's neck. He is shown urinating his pants. He almost gets slashed, but is saved just in time.
  • A few scenes of violence show little blood.
  • Many people are killed what looks like would be graphic, but really, very little blood is shown within most fight sequences.
  • Some scenes of children in peril.
  • A village is raided.
  • A young boy throws a sword at a birds' nest ending up killing the birds. Not shown.
  • The final hour of the film is non-stop intensity.

Spoilers

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Sex & Nudity

  • A man nearly feeds Ashoka medicine which turns out to be poisonous, but is stopped by a woman. She stops him from using a sharp golden object to kill him, and accidentally stabs him. Blood is seen on her hands.
  • Devi reveals to Ashoka that she is pregnant.
  • After Susima's death, a warrior is told by Ashoka to kill two men off-screen.

Violence & Gore

  • A woman gets killed in front of her little boy. Blood is seen on the blade. The boy also gets killed (off-screen).
  • Bheema shows blood to Ashoka to reveal that he has been attacked. He shows a necklace to show that Kaurwaki has been captured.
  • Ashoka gets punched by a man and hallucinates about Kauwaki. He grabs his hand forcing it to hit himself. He tells his fellow warriors to spare him.
  • A flashback sequence show Ashoka in action with little blood seen on his cheek. He is seen getting slightly slashed. Other warriors are seen being slashed without graphic details.
  • Ashoka's mother is seen getting killed.
  • Susima asks Ashoka to kill him. At one point, he holds Ashoka's sword onto his neck. He holds the pointy part of his sword with his hands and places it on his chest. He keeps begging Ashoka to kill him. Ashoka refuses. Susima lifts up a dagger to kill Ashoka, but a warrior throws a blade at him ending up killing him. His blood is seen on the sword.
  • Ashoka kills a man. Not shown.
  • A man is seen being killed in front of his daughter.
  • A man assassinates guards by silently slashing them. Not shown. He sneaks in to kill Ashoka. He is shown bathing in mud. As he washes his face with water, he clearly sees him. He gets into a brawl with another man nearly placing his sword on his neck. Another man throws a spear on him. It is shown on his back. He flees away.
  • Ashoka asks Sugatra to kill him, but grabs his hand and his sword. He grabs his head, and stabs him in the head with his dagger underwater. He head is shown with the dagger, but no blood.
  • Ashoka and Virat duel each other with their swords. Ashoka punches Virat in the nose, and receives a nose bleed. Virat slashes Ashoka in the thigh. They stop when Ashoka has his sword on Virat's neck. Ashoka headbutts Virat, but is stopped and grabbed by other warriors.
  • A war happens between two armies. One army use bow and arrows to kill the other army.
  • Kaurwaki throws a blade at a warrior. Blood shown. She fights other warriors. At one point, a group of female warriors fight one male warrior.
  • Kaurwaki fight against an army leader. She is slashed on the arm, and on the back. She dodges the upcoming blade, and kills him. Little blood seen.
  • An elderly warrior is killed with two arrows shown on the back of his neck. The arrows are not shown on the front side of the neck.
  • Ashoka slashes a man in the throat. The sword sweeping across the throat is shown, but not the actual cut, and no blood. This shot lasts for one seond.
  • Arya is shown with arrows on his back as he dies.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A mother and her son gets killed during a village raid.
  • Ashoka breaks down in tears thinking that Kauwaki is dead, but really, she is alive. This scene doesn't last for a few seconds.
  • Ashoka speaks to his dead mother.
  • Susima (Ashoka's brother) is seen being killed by a warrior for defending Ashoka.
  • A shot shows a bunch of bodies being hanged.
  • A few scenes of children witnessing their family members being killed.
  • Ashoka walks through a field of dead bodies. He turns over a dead body of a woman. Little blood seen. He trips on a small puddle full of blood. The next shot shows dozens of bodies.

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