Ittefaq
2017 1h 47m movie Film India

Ittefaq

इत्तेफ़ाक़

“It Happened One Night”

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
Reviews
90th
Review-volume percentile
86th
Popularity percentile

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.

  1. Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu
    #1

    Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu

    ★ 8.3 · 2016
  2. Pariyerum Perumal
    #2

    Pariyerum Perumal

    ★ 8.2 · 2018
  3. Aandavan Kattalai
    #3

    Aandavan Kattalai

    ★ 8.1 · 2016
  4. Zakir Khan: Haq Se Single
    #4

    Zakir Khan: Haq Se Single

    ★ 8.1 · 2017
  5. Kanan Gill: Keep It Real
    #5

    Kanan Gill: Keep It Real

    ★ 8.1 · 2017
  6. Sanam Teri Kasam
    #6

    Sanam Teri Kasam

    ★ 8.0 · 2016
  7. Mirzapur
    #7

    Mirzapur

    ★ 8.0 · 2018
  8. Visaranai
    #8

    Visaranai

    ★ 8.0 · 2016

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).

'1070'1163'1269'13101'1492'1595'1695'17124'18104'19106

Budget & Box Office Efficiency

$4.4M
Budget
$7.9M
Revenue
$3.5M
Net Profit
1.8×
Return Ratio

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.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • whodunit · 5
  • double murder · 3
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • murder investigation · 9
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • murder · 155
  • police · 105

Reception Benchmarks

7.0
TMDB Rating
88
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

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 CountryIndia
Original LanguageHindi
Spoken LanguagesEnglish, German, Hindi, Thai
Production CompaniesDharma Productions, Red Chillies Entertainment, B.R. Studios
Runtime1h 47m
Release DateNovember 3, 2017
IMDbtt6692354