Why did Furious 7 get an 'A' certificate in India but got a 'PG-13' certificate in USA?
In India, U/A stands for Unrestricted Public Exhibition with parental guidance for children below 12 years. This rating is given to a movie which contains mild violence, language and sexuality. But Furious 7 got A : Adults: which stands for for Adult audience above 18 years only. This rating is given to a movie which contains heavy doses of violence, sexuality, frightening images and language.
Why did Furious 7 get an 'A' certificate in India but got a 'PG-13' certificate in USA?
Best Answer
The rating system in the U.S. is very opaque. The raters' identities are kept secret and their decisions cannot be formally appealed. You should watch the documentary This Film Is Not Yet Rated.
A movie's rating may also be the result of some extended negotiation between the studio and the MPAA. Filmmakers will often shoot scenes that can later be cut in order to get a R or PG-13 rating.
In short, there are factors beyond simple moral standards that dictate the rating a movie receives.
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Answer 2
Censorship rules are different in different countries. In India, the dialogues containing the word "Fuck" is censored! Likewise, it gets an 'A' for some of the reasons which @AnkitSharma has put in comment( Low necklines, cleavages or even showing blood in the screen)
Answer 3
Indian censorship is quite strict in comparison to US censorship. What is acceptable by MPAA for might not be for CBFC.
If we realty draw a equivalent of PG-13 of MPAA with CBFC then we will get U/A or UA.
Form Wikipedia:
U/A (Parental Guidance for children below the age of 12 years)
Films with the U/A certification can contain moderate adult themes, that are not strong in nature and can be watched by a child under parental guidance. These films can contain some strong violence, moderate sex (without any traces of nudity or sexual detail), frightening scenes and muted abusive and filthy language.
Now we can debate whether the violence and filthy language of Furious 7 fit under this definition of not but as per CBFC it doesn't. As Spectre needed cut scenes to qualify for U/A certificate. This James Bond film incident also became part of famous meme and twitter trends called #SanskariJamesBond.
So in short, different country different rating system.
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