India Drishyam returned 16.0× its production cost, earning $12.0M against a $750K budget — one of the highest-return India films in our catalog.
Synopsis
ദൃശ്യം
“Visuals can be deceiving”
Georgekutty lives a happy life with his wife and daughters. Things take a turn when his daughter gets indecently filmed using a hidden camera, by the son of a police inspector.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #124 of 1,983 India films indexed here (94th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.2 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Crime productions specifically: #21 of 283 (top 7%).
Audience Engagement
169 audience reviews — more than 95% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 81th percentile among India films.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 44m runtime, production spent $5K per minute on screen and earned $73K per minute back.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Drishyam. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Aashirvad Cinemas
Crime + Drama in India
137 India titles in our catalog blend the Crime and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Drishyam itself).
The 2012–2014 India Window
Among 262 India films we catalog from this window, Drishyam places #13 — near the top of its class.
The 2010s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in India, 919 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Drishyam premiered alongside 100 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 100 other India films in 2013.
The 1042nd 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 Drishyam, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- hidden camera · 4
- twist · 2
- false evidence · 2
- quarry · 1
- cable tv · 1
- murder · 155
- police · 105
- family · 74
- death · 43
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Malayalam |
| Production Companies | Aashirvad Cinemas |
| Runtime | 2h 44m |
| Release Date | December 19, 2013 |
| IMDb | tt3417422 |
| Official Site | aashirvadcinemas.com |