Synopsis
“Change begins with her”
An inspirational survival story of Deepika Kumari who, as a girl born on the roadside to abject poverty in rural India, went in search of food, stumbled upon archery, and within 4 years became the Number One archer in the World.
The 2016–2018 India Window
Ladies First holds position #63 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 Ladies First. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (919 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 123 other India films in 2017.
The 1382nd India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Audience Engagement
20 audience reviews — more than 49% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 15th percentile among India films.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #326 of 1,983 India films indexed here (84th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.9 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Documentary productions specifically: #7 of 18 (top 39%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
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| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | English, Hindi, Turkish |
| Production Companies | Red Ladder Productions |
| Runtime | 39m |
| Release Date | July 7, 2017 |
| IMDb | tt6896078 |
| Official Site | ladiesfirstdoc.com |







