India Synopsis
इत्तेफ़ाक़
“It Happened One Night”
Police officer Dev investigates a double murder case that has only two witnesses – an acclaimed writer Vikram and a young homemaker Maya, who also happen to be the prime suspects in the case. He finds himself being torn between their own version's of what happened on the fateful night, and takes it upon himself to figure out the real story and capture the real murderer.
Audience Engagement
88 audience reviews — more than 90% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 86th percentile among India films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Ittefaq. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Dharma Productions
Crime + Thriller in India
140 India titles in our catalog blend the Crime and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Ittefaq itself).
The 2016–2018 India Window
Ittefaq holds position #96 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 Ittefaq. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (919 total).
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 47m runtime, production spent $41K per minute on screen and earned $74K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 123 other India films in 2017.
The 1431st India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Ittefaq, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- whodunit · 5
- double murder · 3
- murder investigation · 9
- murder · 155
- police · 105
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #524 of 1,983 India films indexed here (74th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.6 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Crime productions specifically: #84 of 283 (top 30%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Hindi |
| Spoken Languages | English, German, Hindi, Thai |
| Production Companies | Dharma Productions, Red Chillies Entertainment, B.R. Studios |
| Runtime | 1h 47m |
| Release Date | November 3, 2017 |
| IMDb | tt6692354 |