India Aanandam returned 5.1× its production cost, earning $2.3M against a $450K budget — one of the highest-return India films in our catalog.
Synopsis
ആനന്ദം
A group of students visit Goa and Hampi while on their college trip. Their experiences during their journey help them understand the intricacies of love and friendship.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 14m runtime, production spent $3K per minute on screen and earned $17K per minute back.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Aanandam. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Adventure + Comedy in India
26 India titles in our catalog blend the Adventure and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Aanandam itself).
The 2015–2017 India Window
Aanandam holds position #60 of 314 India films in the 2015–2017 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in India, 919 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Aanandam premiered alongside 94 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 94 other India films in 2016.
The 1314th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Audience Engagement
28 audience reviews — more than 64% of India films in our index.
Review volume (64th percentile) outruns trending popularity (38th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Aanandam, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- alcohol · 4
- tattooing · 3
- new year's day · 1
- travel · 21
- college · 20
- bus · 7
- couple · 7
- friendship · 134
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #378 of 1,983 India films indexed here (81st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.8 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Adventure productions specifically: #28 of 113 (top 25%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Malayalam |
| Spoken Languages | English, Malayalam |
| Production Companies | Cast N' Crew, Habit of Life |
| Runtime | 2h 14m |
| Release Date | October 21, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt5998104 |