Harikrishnans
1998 2h 45m movie Film India

Harikrishnans

ഹരികൃഷ്ണ‍ന്‍സ്‌

Synopsis

ഹരികൃഷ്ണ‍ന്‍സ്‌

When Guptan, a college lecturer, gets killed, the police suspect Gabriel to be the murderer. A girl takes help from her brothers, who are famous lawyers, in proving his innocence.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Harikrishnans. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Comedy + Crime in India

38 India titles in our catalog blend the Comedy and Crime genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Harikrishnans itself).

The 1997–1999 India Window

Harikrishnans holds position #22 of 55 India films in the 1997–1999 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. Padayappa
    #1

    Padayappa

    ★ 7.6 · 1999
  2. Friends
    #2

    Friends

    ★ 7.6 · 1999
  3. Chandralekha
    #3

    Chandralekha

    ★ 7.6 · 1997
  4. Upendra
    #4

    Upendra

    ★ 7.4 · 1999
  5. Vaastav
    #5

    Vaastav

    ★ 7.3 · 1999
  6. Sethu
    #6

    Sethu

    ★ 7.3 · 1999
  7. Thulladha Manamum Thullum
    #7

    Thulladha Manamum Thullum

    ★ 7.3 · 1999
  8. Iruvar
    #8

    Iruvar

    ★ 7.2 · 1997

The 1990s India Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in India, 147 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Harikrishnans premiered alongside 17 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 17 other India films in 1998.

The 257th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).

Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).

Audience Engagement

19
Reviews
47th
Review-volume percentile
35th
Popularity percentile

19 audience reviews — more than 47% of India films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 35th percentile among India films.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Harikrishnans, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • murder · 155
  • love triangle · 55
  • suicide · 51
  • investigation · 45
  • lawyer · 31

Reception Benchmarks

6.6
TMDB Rating
19
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #901 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 Comedy productions specifically: #250 of 648 (top 39%).

Production Details

Primary CountryIndia
Original LanguageMalayalam
Runtime2h 45m
Release DateJune 22, 1998
IMDbtt0246674