India 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.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 15m runtime, production spent $5K per minute on screen and earned $28K per minute back.
Drama + Thriller in India
149 India titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Driving Licence itself).
The 2018–2020 India Window
Driving Licence holds position #110 of 295 India films in the 2018–2020 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 Driving Licence premiered alongside 105 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 105 other India films in 2019.
The 1655th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Audience Engagement
32 audience reviews — more than 68% of India films in our index.
Review volume (68th percentile) outruns trending popularity (41th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Reception Benchmarks
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 |