India Hindi Medium returned 16.3× its production cost, earning $52.4M against a $3.2M budget — one of the highest-return India films in our catalog.
Synopsis
हिंदी मीडियम
Mita and Raj Batra, an affluent couple from Delhi’s Chandni Chowk, are grappling with getting their daughter admission into an English medium school. But there is one big problem. Their zubaan is Hindi, and the elitist snobs won’t let the Hindi speaking hoi-polloi fit in.
Audience Engagement
148 audience reviews — more than 95% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 84th percentile among India films.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 12m runtime, production spent $24K per minute on screen and earned $397K per minute back.
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Comedy + Drama in India
292 India titles in our catalog blend the Comedy and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Hindi Medium itself).
The 2016–2018 India Window
Hindi Medium holds position #56 of 323 India films in the 2016–2018 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s India Landscape
2017 was the decade’s peak output year for India — 124 titles released, including Hindi Medium. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (919 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 123 other India films in 2017.
The 1365th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #286 of 1,983 India films indexed here (86th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.9 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Comedy productions specifically: #75 of 648 (top 12%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Hindi |
| Production Companies | Maddock Films |
| Runtime | 2h 12m |
| Release Date | May 19, 2017 |
| IMDb | tt5764096 |