It is now hitting screens on August 26. Geetu Mohandas’ Yash -starrer Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups missed a clash with Aditya Dhar’s Ranveer Singh -starrer Dhurandhar: The Revenge over the West Asia conflict. The film has already been certified by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) for the UK, receiving higher ratings for violence, injury, and sex than the Dhurandhar films.
The film has been rated 5/5 for violence, sex and injury detail. Threat and horror, language, drugs, sexual violence and sexual threat, and suicide and self-harm were also rated a high 4/5. The film has a runtime of 191 minutes and 41 seconds in the country.
BBFC mistakenly categorised Toxic as a Tamil film instead of Kannada, writing that in it, “the leader of a powerful drug cartel in Goa sows the seeds of his own destruction. The film also has sexual and erotic scenes, including some in strip clubs. Toxic stars Yash, Kiara Advani, Nayanthara , Huma Qureshi, Tara Sutaria and Rukmini Vasanth. It is produced by Venkata Narayana and Yash through KVN Productions and Monster Mind Creations LLP. The film was shot in Kannada and English on a massive budget and is touted to be one of the most expensive films made in India. The film has received criticism so far for its promotional material, particularly for its violence and sensual scenes. It remains to be seen how it fares upon its release.
“Strong violence includes shootings, stabbings, throat slashings, bludgeonings, torture, hangings, immolations and dismemberments, frequently resulting in large blood spurts and grisly injury detail,” reads the tab under violence.
