Dark Wind sits in the top 6% of India films on this catalog — ranked #113 of 1,983 by TMDB audience score.
Synopsis
कड़वी हवा
“Bitter wind”
In a village affected by climate change and scanty rainfall, a blind farmer strikes a deal with the debt recovery agent to save his son from a debt trap.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #113 of 1,983 India films indexed here (94th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.3 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Drama productions specifically: #85 of 1,132 (top 8%).
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The 2016–2018 India Window
Among 323 India films we catalog from this window, Dark Wind places #21 — near the top of its class.
The 2010s India Landscape
2017 was the decade’s peak output year for India — 124 titles released, including Dark Wind. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (919 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 123 other India films in 2017.
The 1435th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Audience Engagement
11 audience reviews — more than 14% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 5th percentile among India films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Dark Wind, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- old man · 5
- debt collector · 2
- blind farmer · 1
- blind · 12
- desert · 9
- suicide · 51
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Hindi |
| Production Companies | Drishyam Films, Akshay Parija Productions, Eleanora Images Private Limited, Seek Red |
| Runtime | 1h 39m |
| Release Date | November 24, 2017 |
| IMDb | tt6143422 |












