Notice Ratings before watching a movie
U-U/A-A-S
Cinema has become cultural part in contemporary india, there is no occasion left where to go to movie or at least watching movies at home on tv, but do parents aware about which movie should be shown to the children. Often it is observed that we are not aware what type of movies we are watching in front of kids, while they are playing around, later to found that they started to repeat some catchy dialogues of the movie, and so many times we love to hear such dialogues from them to encourage;to repeat them again and again to have fun, being negligent to the fact that the impact on the children;s mind , which can later to form a perception to such acts, which helps to form a opinion often in a wrong way, the effects may not be visible at the same age but they are certainly stored in the memory, and create a wrong ideas towards the reality. we can check in ourselves how wrongly we perceived things at earlier age, which converted into habit later to addiction. Such small mistakes can amplify in later stage and give very big trouble in later years.
should we be aware of the Ratings given by the censor Board before taking children to a particular movie show, are we really notice the Rating before showing the movie, do we really understand the ratings? or we go to the movies or watch at home just like that, these questions made me to think and find the rating system in India, and in other countries . Here is the extract -
how the ratings are done in India source wikipedia.
Understand the ratings before showing any movie to the kids so that they would served with the right information appropriate to their age. Always consider ratings before taking kids to movies.
In India, Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) is responsible for certifying films meant for public exhibition.
The Censor Board presently gives five categories of certificates, namely,
U - Universal - Unrestricted Public Exhibition throughout India. Suitable for all. Films under this category should not upset children over 4. This rating is similar to the MPAA's G and PG, the BBFC's U and PG, and the OFLC's G and PG ratings. Films under this category may contain only mild themes and mild profanity or sexual references. Any nudity/sexuality/drug innuendo is cut. Moderate violence (e.g. fantasy) is allowed if justified by context.
UA - Parental Guidance - Unrestricted public exhibition with subject to parental discretion for children under the age of 12. Those aged under 12 years are only admitted if accompanied by an adult. This rating is similar to the MPAA's PG-13, the BBFC's 12A and the OFLC's M ratings. Films under this category may contain mature/strong themes and moderate sexual references, language and undetailed sexual activity is also allowed. Also, nudity in a non-graphic context is allowed if shown briefly. Minimum reference to drugs along with soft drug use is also allowed. Strong violence may be allowed justified by context. Sexual violence may be permitted if discreet and justified by context.
A - Adults only - Public exhibition restricted to adults (18 years or over) only. This rating is similar to the MPAA's R and NC-17, the BBFC's 15 and 18 and the OFLC's and MA15+ and R18+ ratings. Nobody younger than 18 may rent or buy an A-rated VHS, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, UMD or game, or watch a film in the cinema with this rating. Films under this category can contain adult themes. They do not have any limitation on the bad language that is used. Hard drugs are generally allowed, and strong sexual references along with detailed sexual activity is allowed if justified by context. Very strong, gory and/or sadistic violence may be permitted if justified by context. Strong sexual violence is allowed unless it is eroticised or excessively graphic. There is no limit on the nudity that is shown, it should be in a non-graphic context.
S - Specialised Audience - Exhibition to restricted audience such as doctors etc.
Additionally, V/U, V/UA, V/A are used for video releases with U, UA and A carrying the same meaning as above.
For complete information of ratings around the world and understanding how they movies are rated can be found here. Motion picture rating system
Now this is absolutely an important one 'these days'. Kids do ask questions too which is very hard to answer in their language. whatever u said is so true. they dont really watch but they do notice and sometimes act like the same. Just for parents comfort and liking, they sometimes take kids along with them for their favourite movies, which may strongly influence kids..
ReplyDeletedefinitely a beautiful and very useful article.
emo i observed people are not aware,what material they are showing to the kids,is it age appropriate ani...and interestingly indian ratings are not so defined as the developed world has, anduke we need to be aware of the ratings and the expected content to be known.
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