Bharat

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Plenty of positive messages including; compassion, courage, self-control, and integrity. Learning to let go and embrace change. It is also about duty and honor, protecting others and staying true to your word. The importance of acceptance of one another, although there are some examples of racist behavior.

Bharat is motivated by a promise to his father that he will take care of his family. He works hard, risks his life for others, and protects his family and friends. He chooses duty over love and his own happiness. Kumud or "Madam-Sir" is a strong female role model, respected by those around her and successful in her career. In one scene, Muslim and Hindu children show acceptance for each other by making friends, despite the partition of India and Pakistan. Elsewhere, building developers are portrayed as greedy and violent -- often displaying racist behavior and putting their employees lives at risk.

Characters are kicked, punched, slapped, hung by the neck, beaten, and shot at. Scenes of peril include a child falling off a train into a crowd, a gas explosion where characters are knocked unconscious and trapped underground, a storm at sea, and a ship being taken over by pirates. Families are also separated. Circus scenes involve a motorbike jumping through flames, racing and then crashing, leaving a character with a broken leg. There are shots of multiple bloodied dead bodies. References to the death of a parent, a shop being burned down, the historical killing of Hindus, and threats to kill, bury alive, and "kick-in skulls."

There is seductive dancing and mention of desire and longing in the musical numbers. Characters hug and kiss on the forehead. A character is wolf-whistled at a circus. Men remove their clothes to be weighed and measured in a comedy scene, but are only visible from the waist up.

Occasional use of "bloody" and "ass." Some toilet humor with mention of bowel movements.

Character drinks from a hip flask -- numerous times -- in a bid to gain confidence to talk to a member of the opposite sex. A character is seen mildly drunk though not intoxicated.