India Synopsis
ചട്ടമ്പിനാട്
The movie tells the story of a village called Chembattunadu in Chamarajanagar District on the borders of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, which is popular as Chattambinadu for the presence of several goons and hooligans. According to Vadival Vasu (Janardanan), it was the severe animosity between Mallanchira and Kattappilly families that has caused the arrival of several goons to the land, including him, which made Chattambinadu notorious. The film begins with Mallanchira Chandramohan's(Manoj K. Jayan) plan to sell off his mansion, to pay up his heavy debts.
The 2008–2010 India Window
Chattambinadu holds position #104 of 181 India films in the 2008–2010 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s India Landscape
2009 was the decade’s peak output year for India — 59 titles released, including Chattambinadu. Bars below show how the 2000s stacked up year by year (454 total).
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 15m runtime, production spent $6 per minute on screen and earned — per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 58 other India films in 2009.
The 741st India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Audience Engagement
15 audience reviews — more than 33% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 15th percentile among India films.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,461 of 1,983 India films indexed here (26th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.6 points below the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Comedy productions specifically: #451 of 648 (top 70%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Malayalam |
| Production Companies | Big Screen Productions, Playhouse Release |
| Runtime | 2h 15m |
| Release Date | December 24, 2009 |
| IMDb | tt1574343 |