Chinthamani Kolacase
2006 2h 29m movie Film India

Chinthamani Kolacase

ചിന്താമണി കൊലക്കേസ്

Synopsis

ചിന്താമണി കൊലക്കേസ്

The story is centered on Lal Krishna Viradiar (Suresh Gopi), the enigmatic criminal lawyer with an even more enigmatic mission. Lal Krishna helps out hardened criminals to get away from the courts. But later he pursues and takes them out in a bizarre show of vigilante justice.

Action + Crime in India

135 India titles in our catalog blend the Action and Crime genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Chinthamani Kolacase itself).

Other Titles From Central Pictures

The 2005–2007 India Window

Chinthamani Kolacase holds position #93 of 157 India films in the 2005–2007 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Umrao Jaan
    #1

    Umrao Jaan

    ★ 8.2 · 2006
  2. Like Stars on Earth
    #2

    Like Stars on Earth

    ★ 8.0 · 2007
  3. Black
    #3

    Black

    ★ 7.7 · 2005
  4. Thanmathra
    #4

    Thanmathra

    ★ 7.7 · 2005
  5. Pudhupettai
    #5

    Pudhupettai

    ★ 7.7 · 2006
  6. The Fall
    #6

    The Fall

    ★ 7.6 · 2006
  7. Amal
    #7

    Amal

    ★ 7.6 · 2007
  8. Arabikkatha
    #8

    Arabikkatha

    ★ 7.6 · 2007

The 2000s India Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in India, 454 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Chinthamani Kolacase premiered alongside 45 others.

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Budget & Box Office Efficiency

$280K
Budget
$1.0M
Revenue
$720K
Net Profit
3.6×
Return Ratio

At a 2h 29m runtime, production spent $2K per minute on screen and earned $7K per minute back.

Position in Catalog

Released alongside 45 other India films in 2006.

The 539th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).

Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).

Audience Engagement

16
Reviews
37th
Review-volume percentile
33rd
Popularity percentile

16 audience reviews — more than 37% of India films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 33th percentile among India films.

Reception Benchmarks

6.1
TMDB Rating
16
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #1,277 of 1,983 India films indexed here (36th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.3 points below the India average of 6.4/10.

Among India Action productions specifically: #363 of 637 (top 57%).

Production Details

Primary CountryIndia
Original LanguageMalayalam
Production CompaniesCentral Pictures
Runtime2h 29m
Release DateApril 14, 2006
IMDbtt0882759