India Action Hero Biju returned 8.3× its production cost, earning $2.5M against a $300K budget — one of the highest-return India films in our catalog.
Synopsis
ആക്ഷൻ ഹീറോ ബിജു
“A ride with a police officer”
Biju is an honest policeman who fights the injustice head-on. In his pursuit to keep things under control and clean, he encounters a series of events and cases which test his authority, honesty and integrity. With a week to his wedding, what ensues is a heartfelt story of a cop sans the cinematic hype.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 24m runtime, production spent $2K per minute on screen and earned $17K per minute back.
Action + Comedy in India
129 India titles in our catalog blend the Action and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Action Hero Biju itself).
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Action Hero Biju. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2015–2017 India Window
Among 314 India films we catalog from this window, Action Hero Biju places #40 — near the top of its class.
The 2010s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in India, 919 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Action Hero Biju premiered alongside 94 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 94 other India films in 2016.
The 1240th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Audience Engagement
39 audience reviews — more than 74% of India films in our index.
Review volume (74th percentile) outruns trending popularity (53th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Action Hero Biju, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- illegal drugs · 5
- dog attack · 1
- real life · 1
- suicide attempt · 22
- robber · 8
- police · 105
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #251 of 1,983 India films indexed here (87th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.0 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Action productions specifically: #60 of 637 (top 9%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Malayalam |
| Production Companies | Pauly Jr. Pictures, Full On Studios |
| Runtime | 2h 24m |
| Release Date | February 4, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt5320514 |