India 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).
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Brick Lane. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2006–2008 India Window
In the crowded 2006-2008 India release window, Brick Lane sits at #113 of 151. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2000s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in India, 454 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Brick Lane premiered alongside 52 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 52 other India films in 2007.
The 625th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Audience Engagement
34 audience reviews — more than 71% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 68th percentile among India films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Brick Lane, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- 9/11 · 5
- british asian · 2
- arranged marriage · 27
- england · 21
- london · 17
- bangladesh · 7
- woman director · 246
Reception Benchmarks
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 |