Gabbar Is Back (2015) Parents Guide: Is the movie OK for kids?

Bontent's parent guide suggests Gabbar Is Back is best for ages 10+. It's rated NR. Gabbar Is Back centers on Aditya (a college professor who becomes the vigilante 'Gabbar') and his campaign against corrupt officials; the film is rated for mature themes and moderate violence. Parents should know it…

Gabbar Is Back is officially rated NR. Bontent's independent parent guide recommends it for ages 10+.

Gabbar Is Back centers on Aditya (a college professor who becomes the vigilante 'Gabbar') and his campaign against corrupt officials; the film is rated for mature themes and moderate violence. Parents should know it contains repeated fight scenes with some blood, an axe attack that leaves a character gravely wounded…

None in the form of nudity or sexual scenes. There is a brief, non-graphic childbirth-in-a-car sequence (no nudity shown) and no explicit sexual content. IMDb's Parents Guide notes the birth is seen but not shown in detail.

Moderate and frequent. The film includes many stylized fight sequences (punches, kicks, blows with improvised weapons), some visible blood, an axe attack that seriously wounds Aditya, a mob killing of a hospital owner, abduction scenes and a killing during a…

Mild coarse language appears occasionally in heated moments — words like "bloody", "shit" and regional insults are used. There are no sustained or extreme profanities.

None. No on-screen use of drugs, heavy alcohol use, or smoking of note.

Recurring, moderately intense themes of systemic corruption, social injustice, vigilante justice, death and public outrage. The story includes a deadly building collapse in a flashback (Aditya's wife dies), mob violence, kidnappings, arrests, student protests…

Gabbar Is Back runs 130 minutes, directed by Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi, released in 2015.

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