Laal Singh Chaddha
2022 2h 37m movie Film India

Laal Singh Chaddha

लाल सिंह चड्ढा

“Who knows, are we part of a story, or does a story lie within each of us?”

Synopsis

लाल सिंह चड्ढा

“Who knows, are we part of a story, or does a story lie within each of us?”

Events in India's history — from the Emergency and the famous Cricket World Cup win to the Punjab riots — unfold from the perspective of an innocent Sikh man Laal Singh Chaddha, a person with a low IQ but high optimism. Laal is able to achieve everything under the sun but his childhood love continues to elude him.

The 2021–2023 India Window

237 India films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Laal Singh Chaddha sits at position #123.

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    ★ 9.9 · 2021

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    ★ 8.6 · 2023

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    ★ 8.0 · 2023

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    #4

    Finch

    ★ 7.9 · 2021

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    #5

    Pyaar Ka Pehla Adhyaya – Shiv Shakti

    ★ 7.9 · 2023

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    ★ 7.9 · 2022

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    #7

    2018

    ★ 7.9 · 2023

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    ★ 7.9 · 2022

Titles With Overlapping Themes

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

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The 2020s India Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2020s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Laal Singh Chaddha premiered. 322 total titles in this decade from India.

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Budget & Box Office Efficiency

$23.0M
Budget
$16.0M
Revenue
Net Profit
0.7×
Return Ratio

At a 2h 37m runtime, production spent $146K per minute on screen and earned $102K per minute back.

Reception Benchmarks

6.5
TMDB Rating
51
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #939 of 1,983 India films indexed here (53rd percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among India Drama productions specifically: #616 of 1,132 (top 54%).

Production Details

Primary Country India
Original Language Hindi
Production Companies Aamir Khan Productions, Viacom18 Studios, Paramount
Runtime 2h 37m
Release Date August 11, 2022
IMDb tt10028196

Themes & Motifs

  • mentally disabled
  • based on novel or book
  • remake
  • india
  • foreign language adaptation
  • based on movie

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