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.
The 2016–2018 India Window
323 India films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Hindi Medium sits at position #56.
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The 2010s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Hindi Medium premiered. 919 total titles in this decade from India.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 12m runtime, production spent $24K per minute on screen and earned $397K per minute back.
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 |