Although
film censorship is a hugely divisive topic, film certification is one area that is
more or less considered a useful check to regulate and classify the public
exhibition of films. Of the different categories that films are certified
under, ‘A’ rated films are those that are strictly restricted to adults, ‘U’ that
can have unrestricted public exhibition, and ‘U/A’ that stipulate parental
guidance for viewers below 12 years of age. But again the criteria for
certifying films have often been debated for the probable influence of
individual perception, tolerance and POVs on the variables of categorization.
Any film with excessive violence, sex and coarse language that are strong in
nature are bound to earn an ‘A’, but as to who decides the definition of ‘strong’
is what makes it questionable. Following is a list of some of the best ‘A’
rated Malayalam films of which some may not entirely seem loyal to the ‘letter’.
