India Synopsis
“Ready… Steady… Po!”
Rahul embarks on a journey to a small town in Tamil Nadu to fulfill the last wish of his grandfather: to have his ashes immersed in the Holy water of Rameshwaram. En route, he meets a woman hailing from a unique family down South. As they find love through this journey in the exuberant lands of South India, an unanticipated drive awaits them.
Audience Engagement
291 audience reviews — more than 97% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 92th percentile among India films.
Other Titles From Red Chillies Entertainment
Romance + Comedy in India
232 India titles in our catalog blend the Romance and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Chennai Express itself).
The 2012–2014 India Window
Chennai Express holds position #99 of 262 India films in the 2012–2014 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in India, 919 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Chennai Express premiered alongside 100 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 21m runtime, production spent $128K per minute on screen and earned $440K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 100 other India films in 2013.
The 1001st India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Chennai Express, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- romantic rivalry · 5
- grandfather · 1
- ashes · 1
- journey · 20
- temple · 9
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #930 of 1,983 India films indexed here (53rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among India Romance productions specifically: #226 of 573 (top 39%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Hindi |
| Spoken Languages | Hindi, Tamil |
| Production Companies | Red Chillies Entertainment, UTV Motion Pictures |
| Runtime | 2h 21m |
| Release Date | August 8, 2013 |
| IMDb | tt2112124 |