In one scene, there is a brothel seen from above and you can see a woman lying half naked, with a bra next to a man.

Escort girls are seen escorting an adult man through the film, wearing tight and revealing clothes.

Human trafficking is a major theme of this film

A young boy stands up naked and we can see his butt. His frontal region is seen but it is so dark in the room that it is hard to make out.

Jamal and Salim are seen walking through a brothel. There is no nudity, but sexual acts are implied. A man tells the boys about how much a virgin girl is worth.

A young boy is trapped in an outhouse and escapes by jumping through the toilet seat and into a pit of human excrement it's a very gross scene.

A young boy has hot peppers rubbed on his genitals, and he runs and screams in pain.

majority of the movie especially in the flashbacks is very intense and nerve racking.

Jamal is seen being slapped and put under water as a form of torture. Jamal is then electrocuted. Jamal spits out blood after this.

A large group of men chase and beat people with sticks. A woman is killed in the attack. A man is lit on fire.

A man starts to beat Jamal.

Jamal imagines tackling Salim off a building. But he just slugs him in the face instead.

Most if not all the profanity in this movie is in subtitles

'F*ck' is said twice.

'Sh*t' is said eight times.

'Bloody' is said five times.

'H*ll' is said three times.

'B*stard is said twice.

'D*mn' is said once.

'Pussy' is said once in a vulgar manner.

'B*tch' is said once.

The film opens on a man smoking a cigar and blowing the smoke in another man's face.

A child gets chloroformed.

We see Jamal smoking a pipe and some other teenagers drinking alcohol. This is very brief.

Salim is seen drinking alcohol.

Salim is seen smoking.

There are also a few more scenes of adults smoking and drinking alcohol.

Overall there is a lot of intense, upsetting, sometimes graphic imagery depicting the realities of slum life, homelessness, organized crime, and poverty in India.

A man is set on fire

Jamal and Salim are seen falling off a moving train. This is intense.

There are a few chase scenes and emotional scenes that could be considered intense.