India 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.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Laal Singh Chaddha. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Aamir Khan Productions
Drama + Romance in India
356 India titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Romance genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Laal Singh Chaddha itself).
The 2021–2023 India Window
Laal Singh Chaddha holds position #123 of 237 India films in the 2021–2023 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2020s India Landscape
2022 was the decade’s peak output year for India — 108 titles released, including Laal Singh Chaddha. Bars below show how the 2020s stacked up year by year (322 total).
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 37m runtime, production spent $146K per minute on screen and earned $102K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 107 other India films in 2022.
The 1899th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Audience Engagement
51 audience reviews — more than 81% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 85th percentile among India films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Laal Singh Chaddha, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- mentally disabled · 4
- foreign language adaptation · 1
- based on movie · 19
- based on novel or book · 288
- remake · 101
- india · 84
Reception Benchmarks
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 |