India Angamaly Diaries returned 5.1× its production cost, earning $3.1M against a $610K budget — one of the highest-return India films in our catalog.
Synopsis
അങ്കമാലി ഡയറീസ്
Six young friends in the small town of Angamaly tries their luck by starting a pork business lead by Vincent Pepe. They initially strike a business deal with Rajan and Ravi despite the duo having killed a close friend of theirs in a gang fight. Vincent is in love with Sakhi and plan to immigrate abroad with her. But their plans hit a road bump as the deal with the gangsters hits some road bumps.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 12m runtime, production spent $5K per minute on screen and earned $23K per minute back.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Angamaly Diaries. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Friday Film House
Action + Comedy in India
129 India titles in our catalog blend the Action and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Angamaly Diaries itself).
The 2016–2018 India Window
Angamaly Diaries holds position #59 of 323 India films in the 2016–2018 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s India Landscape
2017 was the decade’s peak output year for India — 124 titles released, including Angamaly Diaries. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (919 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 123 other India films in 2017.
The 1342nd India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Audience Engagement
47 audience reviews — more than 79% of India films in our index.
Review volume (79th percentile) outruns trending popularity (22th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Angamaly Diaries, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- pig farme · 1
- bomb · 15
- gang war · 11
- revenge · 210
- murder · 155
- police · 105
- romance · 94
- gambling · 31
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #298 of 1,983 India films indexed here (85th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.9 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Action productions specifically: #66 of 637 (top 10%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Malayalam |
| Production Companies | Friday Film House |
| Runtime | 2h 12m |
| Release Date | March 3, 2017 |
| IMDb | tt6167894 |