Yash's Toxic gets harsher UK rating than Dhurandhar for sex, violence and gore

Actor Yash's Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups, starring Yash, has received its UK certification from the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), with higher ratings in violence, injury detail and sex than Dhurandhar. The film is heading for its August 26 release after avoiding a box-office clash with the Ranveer Singh starrer in March.The BBFC listing shows that Toxic 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 have all been rated 4/5. The film's runtime in the UK is listed as 191 minutes and 41 seconds.The BBFC mistakenly categorised Toxic as a Tamil film instead of Kannada. In its description, it wrote that in the film, "the leader of a powerful drug cartel in Goa sows the seeds of his own destruction."Under violence, the BBFC wrote, "Strong violence includes shootings, stabbings, throat slashings, bludgeonings, torture, hangings, immolations and dismemberments, frequently resulting in large blood spurts and grisly injury detail." The listing also said the film contains sexual and erotic scenes, including some set in strip clubs. The BBFC further noted that "Strong images of corpses, severed body parts, bleeding wounds, and pools of blood occur in the aftermath of violence". It also mentioned an "upsetting scene" implying child sexual abuse, along with strong language and misuse of drugs.How it compares with DhurandharDirected by Aditya Dhar, the first part of the film was released in 2025, while Dhurandhar 2 arrived in March this year. Both films were rated 5/5 only for violence, with lower ratings in other categories. The first Dhurandhar film received 4/5 for threat and horror, language, drugs, sexual violence and sexual threat, and suicide and self-harm. It was rated 2/5 for sex and 3/5 for discrimination. Dhurandhar 2 was rated 4/5 for threat and horror, language, drugs, sexual violence and sexual threat, and injury detail, while its sex rating stood at 3/5 and discrimination at 2/5.More about ToxicStarring Yash, Kiara Advani, Nayanthara, Huma Qureshi, Tara Sutaria and Rukmini Vasanth, the film has been produced by Venkata Narayana and Yash under KVN Productions and Monster Mind Creations LLP. The film was shot in Kannada and English, with dubbed versions planned in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and other languages. It has been mounted on a massive budget and has been described as one of the most expensive films made in India.The trailer of the film was released on August 8. Set against the backdrop of 1980s Goa, it shows Yash in a dual role as Raya and Rumi, also known as Ticket, and opens with a tense father-son relationship.The promo features gunfire, explosions, bloodshed and hand-to-hand combat, while also offering glimpses of the relationships involving Kiara Advani, Tara Sutaria and the other lead characters. It ends with Raya and Ticket fighting each other with their bare hands.- EndsPublished By: Priyanka SharmaPublished On: Aug 19, 2026 19:52 IST