India Synopsis
मसान
“A Celebration Of Life, Death And Everything in Between”
Four lives intersect along the Ganges: a low caste boy in hopeless love, a daughter ridden with guilt of a sexual encounter ending in a tragedy, a hapless father with fading morality, and a spirited child yearning for a family, long to escape the moral constructs of a small-town.
Audience Engagement
149 audience reviews — more than 95% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 90th percentile among India films.
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The 2014–2016 India Window
Masaan holds position #74 of 282 India films in the 2014–2016 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in India, 919 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Masaan premiered alongside 94 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 94 other India films in 2015.
The 1189th 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 Masaan, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- ganges · 2
- sexual encounter · 1
- interlinked stories · 1
- pretty · 1
- small town · 13
- guilt · 11
- caste system · 6
- love · 123
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #521 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 Drama productions specifically: #372 of 1,132 (top 33%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | France, India |
| Original Language | Hindi |
| Production Companies | Sikhya Entertainment, Drishyam Films, Phantom Films, Macassar Productions, ARTE France Cinéma |
| Runtime | 1h 49m |
| Release Date | July 24, 2015 |
| IMDb | tt4635372 |