Brick Lane
2007 1h 42m movie Film India

Brick Lane

Synopsis

The grind of daily life as a Brick Lane Bangladessi as seen through the eyes of Nazneen (Chatterjee), who at 17 enters an arranged marriage with Chanu (Kaushik). Years later, living in east London with her family, she meets a young man Karim (Simpson).

The 2006–2008 India Window

151 India films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Brick Lane sits at position #113.

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    #1

    Umrao Jaan

    ★ 8.2 · 2006

  2. Like Stars on Earth
    #2

    Like Stars on Earth

    ★ 8.0 · 2007

  3. Abhiyum Naanum
    #3

    Abhiyum Naanum

    ★ 7.9 · 2008

  4. Pudhupettai
    #4

    Pudhupettai

    ★ 7.7 · 2006

  5. The Fall
    #5

    The Fall

    ★ 7.6 · 2006

  6. Amal
    #6

    Amal

    ★ 7.6 · 2007

  7. Arabikkatha
    #7

    Arabikkatha

    ★ 7.6 · 2007

  8. Classmates
    #8

    Classmates

    ★ 7.5 · 2006

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Brick Lane. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

The 2000s India Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Brick Lane premiered. 454 total titles in this decade from India.

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Reception Benchmarks

5.3
TMDB Rating
34
Audience Reviews
Mixed
Critical Tier

Ranked #1,700 of 1,983 India films indexed here (14th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -1.1 points below the India average of 6.4/10.

Among India Drama productions specifically: #1,014 of 1,132 (top 90%).

Production Details

Primary Country India
All Production Countries United Kingdom, India
Original Language En
Production Companies Ruby Films, Film4 Productions, Ingenious Media
Runtime 1h 42m
Release Date November 16, 2007
IMDb tt0940585

Themes & Motifs

  • london
  • england
  • arranged marriage
  • bangladesh
  • 9/11
  • woman director
  • british asian

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