Mera Naam Joker
1970 4h 8m movie Film India

Mera Naam Joker

मेरा नाम जोकर

“The Show Must Go On...”

Mera Naam Joker sits in the top 5% of India films on this catalog — ranked #93 of 1,983 by TMDB audience score.

Synopsis

मेरा नाम जोकर

“The Show Must Go On…”

Raju faces many hurdles and disappointments in matters of the heart throughout his life. But as a clown in a circus, he tries to make his audience laugh at the cost of his own sorrows. Along the way, Raju loves and loses, but must always keep a smile on his face because, in the words of his circus manager, "The show must go on."

Reception Benchmarks

7.7
TMDB Rating
48
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #93 of 1,983 India films indexed here (95th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +1.3 points above the India average of 6.4/10.

Among India Drama productions specifically: #70 of 1,132 (top 6%).

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Mera Naam Joker. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Other Titles From R.K. Films Ltd.

Drama + Romance in India

356 India titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Romance genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Mera Naam Joker itself).

The 1969–1971 India Window

Among 8 India films we catalog from this window, Mera Naam Joker places #2 — near the top of its class.

  1. Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne
    #1

    Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne

    ★ 7.8 · 1969
  2. Mera Naam Joker
    #2

    Mera Naam Joker

    ★ 7.7 · 1970
  3. The Adversary
    #3

    The Adversary

    ★ 7.3 · 1970
  4. Anand
    #4

    Anand

    ★ 7.1 · 1971
  5. Days and Nights in the Forest
    #5

    Days and Nights in the Forest

    ★ 7.0 · 1970
  6. Aradhana
    #6

    Aradhana

    ★ 7.0 · 1969
  7. Haathi Mere Saathi
    #7

    Haathi Mere Saathi

    ★ 6.8 · 1971
  8. Uski Roti
    #8

    Uski Roti

    ★ 6.3 · 1970

The 1970s India Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 1970s in India, 33 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Mera Naam Joker premiered alongside 3 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 3 other India films in 1970.

The 38th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).

Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).

Audience Engagement

48
Reviews
79th
Review-volume percentile
70th
Popularity percentile

48 audience reviews — more than 79% of India films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 70th percentile among India films.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Mera Naam Joker, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • circus · 5
  • sadness · 5
  • social commentary · 5
  • clown · 4
  • doll · 3
  • entertainer · 2
  • unspoken love · 2
  • joker · 1
  • circus clown · 1
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • mother son relationship · 21
  • unrequited love · 19
  • loneliness · 17
  • single mother · 12
  • philosophy · 11
  • melancholy · 7
  • tragic hero · 7
  • tragic event · 7
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • love · 123

Production Details

Primary CountryIndia
Original LanguageHindi
Production CompaniesR.K. Films Ltd.
Runtime4h 8m
Release DateDecember 18, 1970
IMDbtt0066070