Grandmaster
2012 2h 10m movie Film India

Grandmaster

ഗ്രാന്‍റ്മാസ്റ്റര്‍

“Anything can happen before the next move”

Synopsis

ഗ്രാന്‍റ്മാസ്റ്റര്‍

“Anything can happen before the next move”

Chandrashekhar lives alone in a dark and violent city. Even with crime occurring all around him, he withdraws from all responsibility and lives quietly. Soon, change is forced upon him in order to catch a serial killer. Like a grandmaster who anticipates his opponents moves well in advance, he proceeds forward. But only once, just once, he makes a fatal mistake.

The 2011–2013 India Window

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The 2010s India Landscape

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

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Budget & Box Office Efficiency

$120K
Budget
$130K
Revenue
$10K
Net Profit
1.1×
Return Ratio

At a 2h 10m runtime, production spent $923 per minute on screen and earned $1K per minute back.

Reception Benchmarks

6.6
TMDB Rating
34
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #888 of 1,983 India films indexed here (55th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.2 points above the India average of 6.4/10.

Among India Thriller productions specifically: #212 of 482 (top 44%).

Production Details

Primary Country India
Original Language Malayalam
Production Companies UTV Motion Pictures
Runtime 2h 10m
Release Date May 3, 2012
IMDb tt2345561

Themes & Motifs

  • based on novel or book
  • investigation
  • father
  • doctor
  • police officer
  • death
  • psycho killer
  • mental
  • alphabetic order

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