Driving Licence
2019 2h 15m movie Film India

Driving Licence

ഡ്രൈവിംഗ് ലൈസൻസ്

Driving Licence returned 5.4× its production cost, earning $3.8M against a $704K budget — one of the highest-return India films in our catalog.

Synopsis

ഡ്രൈവിംഗ് ലൈസൻസ്

A famous actor needs to renew his driver's licence, and the motor vehicle agent is a fan of his, but a series of misunderstandings causes a great deal of friction.

The 2018–2020 India Window

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The 2010s India Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Driving Licence premiered. 919 total titles in this decade from India.

'1070'1163'1269'13101'1492'1595'1695'17124'18104'19106

Budget & Box Office Efficiency

$704K
Budget
$3.8M
Revenue
$3.1M
Net Profit
5.4×
Return Ratio

At a 2h 15m runtime, production spent $5K per minute on screen and earned $28K per minute back.

Reception Benchmarks

6.9
TMDB Rating
32
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #630 of 1,983 India films indexed here (68th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.5 points above the India average of 6.4/10.

Among India Drama productions specifically: #440 of 1,132 (top 39%).

Production Details

Primary Country India
Original Language Malayalam
Runtime 2h 15m
Release Date December 20, 2019
IMDb tt9264336

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